plot
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A plot twist near the end rewards much of the reader’s patience; after so much standstill, the sudden change strikes Suzanna—and us—like a blow to the chest.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
We found each other on an app and met up for the first time at my community garden plot on Main Street, then got ramen at Jinya.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
The bonus structure, laid out in SpaceX's prospectus filed with US regulators Wednesday, reads less like a compensation agreement and more like a science fiction plot.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Director Jon Favreau’s film, which he wrote with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor, features a grindingly simple plot that provides the weakest possible pretext to staple together a series of uninspired monster and droid fights.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
I was getting exhausted from watching and waiting and planning, and she wasn’t revealing a single sign of a plot for my punishment.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing plot
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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