exposition
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Cleage’s play, it must be said, is hamstrung with exposition.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
This will involve journals that require verification, hiring and tenure arrangements that reward exposition and checking, and collaborative practices for the verification of proofs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
Through thoughtful exposition told visually and through performance, we learn that Niki has a hearing disorder called hyperacusis, an extreme sensitivity to sound and “uncontrolled acoustic environments.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
After an exposition of “Fridamania”—the mass-market manifestations of Kahlo’s omnipresence—visitors see that Kahlo’s influence continues to this day among artists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
And indeed soon afterward the fair’s Grounds and Buildings Committee authorized him to invite the men to join the exposition.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing exposition
The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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Vocabulary to Describe Literary Devices
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Expository Writing, List 1
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