exposition
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All 56 US states and territories will be showcased in the exposition, according to Freedom 250, which is organising the event.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Sisters in Yellow” is marred in places by clunky exposition and overextended scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Bursting into Kenna’s quarters seemingly at will, she raids her near-empty fridge while bluntly shouldering much of the exposition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
And in just three minutes of exposition, Hughes and Deutch nimbly convey that Molly Ringwald’s Andie Walsh is both your conventional artsy wallflower and a singularly special young woman.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
The exposition went with Westinghouse, and helped change the history of electricity.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Some of those popular expositions were criticized by historians for inaccurate claims and deliberate glorification of Russian rulers and their conquests.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Past expositions expos have been credited with inspiring or popularizing such groundbreaking inventions as the light bulb, the Ferris wheel and the Eiffel Tower, which was built for the 1889 exposition in Paris.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
Whether you’re into sprawling expositions or smaller, subversive fairs are more your speed, there is something for everyone in the burst of art on display this weekend.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
He added, “This was a 14-year technology-developed program, and it was very robust and certainly led to successful scientific expositions to the Titanic in the last few years.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
We are in our last week of preparations for the spring expositions, and the maestra has given me a song from the aria book, a song of courage and passion: "Vittoria, mio core" by Carissimi.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Vocabulary lists containing exposition
The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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Expository Writing, List 1
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