Thesaurus results for SUBPLOT

subplot

noun

as in plot

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Recent Examples of subplot The history of that erasure is a fascinating subplot of this book, as Kennedy traces the way generations of canny American women have been denied credit and profit and glory for their brainchildren. —

Cindi Leive, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025 Titled And God Created Woodman, one of the subplots had bar regular Cliff selling the other customers and staff at the bar very fashionable shoes. —

Shannon Power, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025 One subplot takes place in Ukraine; another involves Tehran’s nuclear efforts. —

Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024 Tackling a 30-minute drama format was a unique challenge—balancing multiple characters and subplots while keeping the story tight and impactful. —

Jamie Lang, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for subplot

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Mad About the Boy, an adaptation of the slapdash third novel that starts streaming on Peacock on February 13, keeps the trope-laden structure, but finds surprising depth in a devastating plot twist.

— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
As for Dexter, he’s forced into a minor plot detour to draw blood, inadvertently giving up two pints himself (one because Clark has had an HIV exposure and needs to pass off someone else’s blood as his own, and the other because Masuka corners Dexter into donating).

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025