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Recent Examples of subplot
There was also a subplot about Derek going through a painful divorce.
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Rob Reiner, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Tyler’s imprisonment at the nearby Willow Hill Psychiatric Facility—whose grimy environs recall Batman’s Arkham Asylum, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and so many other fictional houses of psychological horrors—is the site of a promising new (but easily spoiled) subplot.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
And after Macfarlane spent most of the first season playing straight man to Byrne and Rogen, this year his character gets to go off the deep end himself, in an ongoing subplot about his obsession with Jeopardy!
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
This is the laziest of writing, and whoever thought of this subplot should be embarrassed.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
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Rob Reiner, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Tyler’s imprisonment at the nearby Willow Hill Psychiatric Facility—whose grimy environs recall Batman’s Arkham Asylum, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and so many other fictional houses of psychological horrors—is the site of a promising new (but easily spoiled) subplot.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
And after Macfarlane spent most of the first season playing straight man to Byrne and Rogen, this year his character gets to go off the deep end himself, in an ongoing subplot about his obsession with Jeopardy!
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
This is the laziest of writing, and whoever thought of this subplot should be embarrassed.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subplot
Noun
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One of the pleasures of Ruíz de Azua’s work, in film and TV, is its capacity to generate questions, as the plot builds and on a psychological and social level.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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The plot sees the climbing group left reeling after a tragic accident on a mountaineering expedition.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And while those enforcement actions have not yet translated into criminal cases or fines against the employers, the raids themselves in some cases significantly disrupted business operations.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The story that actually led me to them was when Bishop Tony Caldwell made a call to action, saying that community members were trying to report Black women missing and they were being ignored or dismissed.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement Then, in February, after an early version of the site was ready, a story about Shield Seniors and Tejasvi appeared in the Dallas Observer, bringing her to the attention of the people at AARP.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Subplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subplot. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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