plotline
noun
plot·line
ˈplät-ˌlīn 
: a connected series of occurrences that form the plot or part of the plot in a story or drama
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The series has grown throughout the years to encompass a wide variety of games, tones, themes and plotlines, all with the same characters and universe.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Keaton would earn three more Oscar nominations for best actress, culminating with director Nancy Meyers‘ Something’s Gotta Give, an unexpected twist on the May-to-December plotline that co-stars Jack Nicholson and Keanu Reeves.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
In fact, sources indicate Urban feared he would be mocked due to the film’s plotline.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2025
Even its most mean-spirited plotline, in which a married couple assemble a fake theater production to humiliate their ex-neighbor whose noisiness prompted them to move, is presented as more of a gentle exercise in silliness than anything truly vindictive.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Keaton would earn three more Oscar nominations for best actress, culminating with director Nancy Meyers‘ Something’s Gotta Give, an unexpected twist on the May-to-December plotline that co-stars Jack Nicholson and Keanu Reeves.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
In fact, sources indicate Urban feared he would be mocked due to the film’s plotline.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2025
Even its most mean-spirited plotline, in which a married couple assemble a fake theater production to humiliate their ex-neighbor whose noisiness prompted them to move, is presented as more of a gentle exercise in silliness than anything truly vindictive.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for plotline
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“Plotline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plotline. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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