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English plot
Proto-Indo-European *līno- der. ?
Proto-Germanic *līną
Proto-Germanic *līnǭ
Proto-West Germanic *līnā
Old English līne
Middle English line
English line
English plotline

    From plot + line .

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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] , archived from the original on 1 June 2014:
        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.
      • 2026 July 3, Marina Hyde, "The US turns 250 and Taylor Swift gets married. I think we all know which is a bigger deal", in The Guardian [2] , →ISSN, archived from the original on 3 July 2026:
        Even at time of writing, it is not remotely clear what has or hasn’t been happening – whether a smaller private wedding had taken place in advance and this was all a post-hoc celebration, whether the size of the venue meant some superfans would be admitted for a glimpse, whether – and this is a big plotline – heavily oxidised former BFF Blake Lively would be a bridesmaid, or even attending at all.

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