through-line

A form of throughline — In full through line of action: a theme that runs through the plot of a book, film, or other narrative work, or a series of such related works.

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Meanings

nounthrough-line (plural through-lines)

plural through-lines

  1. alternativeAlternative form of throughline.
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    Produced by none other than Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, Good Boys again most closely resembles a kind of junior-varsity tryout for that duo's Superbad, down to its modestly affecting emotional through-line: an acceptance of the fact that childhood friendships, forged out of proximity and convenience, aren't always destined to last.

    2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys Puts a Tween Spin on the R-rated Teen Comedy, to Mostly Funny Effect”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021
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APA

through-line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through-line

MLA

“through-line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through-line. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “through-line,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through-line.

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