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Recent Examples on the Web The muted color palette is matched by lackluster performances from the cast, the exposition relies on what feels like stock footage, and the copious amounts of VFX manage to make the project feel dated and entirely unbelievable. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2024 Plenty of spinoffs can forge their own path with five minutes or less of exposition and rehashing. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024 No, this isn't exposition for a dirty joke, but, rather, the imaginative concept behind Insignificance, an alternative history take by Nicolas Roeg (Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell to Earth). Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2024 That confidence begins with a tight screenplay devoid of the exposition and explanations that so often bog down crime thrillers. Scott Phillips, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for exposition 

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“Exposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exposition. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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