Plotline

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The basic plot of a story or group of stories.
  2. 2
    A group of stories sharing a plot.

    "Advocacy groups have long known the power of TV plot lines. Back in the 1980s, the Harvard School of Public Health mounted a campaign to normalize the idea of a “designated driver” to reduce drunk driving."

Example

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"Once the plotline of a movie franchise can't possibly be continued any longer, that's when they start making prequels."

Etymology

From plot + line.

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