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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subplots
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Administration statements might pledge to protect Americans from toxic pollution, the scientists say, but many of its actions run counter to those words.
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This revelation sparks questions about a potential double standard by MLB, suggesting a stricter enforcement of uniform policies now that the issue has garnered national attention, compared to Kershaw's similar past actions.
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Our plots run away characters shapeshifting on the page?
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These movies are wildly popular spectacles, even if the plots are a little thin.
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Along the way, the system will also share local stories tied to each place.
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This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight.
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Yet, the same themes of access and power have lingered around the presidency in the eight decades since.
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Another would connect a reading from the Book of Lamentations and its themes of the destruction of Jerusalem with readings about the Holocaust.
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Many of his young subjects became fan-favorites, while the series amassed over a million subscribers and set the stage for Shapiro-Barnum to expand.
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But Jenkin’s style ties directly to his subjects and his expressive philosophy.
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“Subplots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subplots. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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