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Similarly, the billionaire-villain forgery subplot and the insertion of romance into team dynamics came across as forced, hackneyed and unnecessary.
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Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The subplot will be a fascinating one to watch for a team that needs a fast regular-season start and has real external expectations for the first time in quite a while.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 June 2025
Kim Ro-sa and Sang-wol’s love story One of the major subplots in Our Unwritten Seoul concerns Kim Ro-sa (Won Mi-kyung), an older woman who runs a restaurant in the block KFMC wants to develop.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 30 June 2025
Its set pieces remain impressively staged, and the intriguing subplots regarding the tournament’s mysterious creation—including the ongoing search for the island on which the event takes place—pick up after being sidelined in Season 2.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
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Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The subplot will be a fascinating one to watch for a team that needs a fast regular-season start and has real external expectations for the first time in quite a while.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 June 2025
Kim Ro-sa and Sang-wol’s love story One of the major subplots in Our Unwritten Seoul concerns Kim Ro-sa (Won Mi-kyung), an older woman who runs a restaurant in the block KFMC wants to develop.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 30 June 2025
Its set pieces remain impressively staged, and the intriguing subplots regarding the tournament’s mysterious creation—including the ongoing search for the island on which the event takes place—pick up after being sidelined in Season 2.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subplot
Noun
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But for the next 101 issues, the two would work together, with Kirby largely coming up with plots and drawing the stories, while Lee added his distinctive dialogue and feverishly marketed the title.—
Oliver Staley,
Time,
25 July 2025
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The plot is revealed over and over in scenes where one character or another explains everything to Max, though each scene negates all the exposition in the one preceding it.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Hot on the heels of a major ransomware group being taken down through an international law enforcement operation comes a new development that highlights the whack-a-mole nature of such actions: A new group, likely comprised of some of the same members, has already taken its place.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
26 July 2025
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More: More than 100 aid, rights groups call for action as hunger spreads in Gaza Accurso targeted over advocacy Accurso has become a target of pro-Israel groups.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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Little Dream's cake also featured some butterfly detailing, as seen on Khloé's story.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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His story hit just as Pastel QAnon — a softer, Instagram-friendly offshoot of the movement — was flourishing.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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“Subplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subplot. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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