exposition

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At 95 minutes, the opera is about 15 minutes too long, laden with considerable exposition and repetition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Around 2,000 people watched the action inside Bern's Festhalle exposition hall.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

His scores, with their inherent rigor and overt religiosity, seemingly simple structure and patient exposition, conjure a world both foundational and unbound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Did I mention there’s also the faux documentary, many a horror movie’s favorite exposition vehicle?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

The sense of ownership was everywhere, not just among the tens of thousands of citizens who had bought exposition stock.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson