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  • present participle of plot.
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plotting







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While this was part of the original screenplay for “Michael,” The Wall Street Journal reported that the plotline had to be scrubbed due to conditions of the settlement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Microsoft’s plotline is simply more convoluted than Meta’s.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

This new fresh plotline makes the old one irrelevant.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

The addition of the motherhood plotline also coincided with a milestone in Estrada’s life.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Thomas Jefferson’s version of the story follows a plotline that illustrates the natural and almost nonchalant way that history happens in an ideal Jeffersonian world.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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