subtext
Example Sentences
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“It might be what the subtext of the YouTube video actually is.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
They want to protect Schoenbrun’s film from the very analysis it’s encouraging, the deep, granular kind that causes all that subtext to fall apart.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
The subtext of her argument, though, is that El-Sayed specifically isn’t electable.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
But it rather felt like that was the subtext.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Newton’s reply, although it could be interpreted as conciliatory, was totally out of character, and carries a subtext which is worth highlighting.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing subtext
Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms, Unit 2
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Still Life with Tornado
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Academic and Literary Vocabulary, Unit 2
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