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From plot +‎ line.

Noun

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plotline (plural plotlines)

  1. The basic plot of a story or group of stories.
  2. A group of stories sharing a plot.
    • 2014 March 27, Robin Marantz Henig, “Fictional Plotlines and Real Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      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.

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