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Recent Examples of subplot
Hence the infamous playacting subplot in her 1814 novel Mansfield Park, a novel written when Austen was at her professional peak.
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Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
Those both come back around, as does another subplot about Alex (Jess McLeod), the estranged child of the recently deceased former sheriff who was not invited to the funeral, but comes home anyway.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Its assortment of chairs alone feels worthy of a Shakespearean subplot, whether comedy or tragedy is for the guest to decide.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 5 Sep. 2025
There was also a subplot about Derek going through a painful divorce.
—Rob Reiner, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
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Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
Those both come back around, as does another subplot about Alex (Jess McLeod), the estranged child of the recently deceased former sheriff who was not invited to the funeral, but comes home anyway.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Its assortment of chairs alone feels worthy of a Shakespearean subplot, whether comedy or tragedy is for the guest to decide.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 5 Sep. 2025
There was also a subplot about Derek going through a painful divorce.
—Rob Reiner, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subplot
Noun
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Last week, authorities detained more than 70 people and seized passports, cash and weapons in connection with an alleged plot to cause unrest.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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As a director, Black has an easygoing way with banter and plot.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ineffective policies for the EV market could mirror the loss of the solar energy industry, says Wendy Cutler, senior vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute, where too-late action left America outpaced and China controlling more than 80 percent of the world’s solar panels.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Have you ever been publicly disciplined for unethical or unlawful actions in your career?—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Her stories began running Monday and will continue this week.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Subplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subplot. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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