exposition

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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

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

Chicago had the resolve to make this exposition a reality, the same resolve that had made the city the second largest in America.

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