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I saw many times on forums or chats discussions the expression by the way.
I understood its meaning, but is it a familiar expression or could I use in professional documents or messages?
If it is not, what kind of expression would be similar but polite?
Professionally people do not use this. Some other alternatives are:
'Incidentally' could be the perfect formal substitute for 'by the way'.
