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also monolog
as in speech
a long discourse delivered by a single person
His monologue on the failings of modern society continued long after everyone else had stopped listening.
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Recent Examples of monologue
Also, kudos to any movie that finds a way to expand the cliché of the internal monologue voiceover, so that Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. suddenly has some competition on the soundtrack.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
The move has angered some of Trump's most loyal supporters, and provided fodder for over a week of late-night monologues.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 29 July 2025
Watch Williams defend Bey and Oprah during Stewart’s monologue above.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 July 2025
Yep, that was the tiniest hint at Conrad’s inner monologue.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 30 July 2025
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
The move has angered some of Trump's most loyal supporters, and provided fodder for over a week of late-night monologues.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 29 July 2025
Watch Williams defend Bey and Oprah during Stewart’s monologue above.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 July 2025
Yep, that was the tiniest hint at Conrad’s inner monologue.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monologue
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Trump focused his speech on Washington, D.C., claiming its murder rate was higher than those of Bogotá, Colombia, and Mexico City, among other cities in the world.—
Jesus Mesa
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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The day kicks off, interestingly, with a talk on the value of academic speech from alum Christopher L. Eisgruber, president of Princeton University.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Central Florida Stamp Club: Meetings include auctions and informative lectures.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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Stamets, always a crowd favorite, will also offer a keynote lecture on how psilocybin mushrooms can save the world.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
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Following his viral soliloquy, Scheffler went on to win the Open Championship with a score of 17-under, finishing four strokes ahead of Harris English.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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The score becomes grand and syrupy whenever there’s a big emotional revelation; characters deliver solemn soliloquies on the orderly beauty of math.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The country’s poor found a home in this Christian movement that preaches the prosperity gospel, believing that church sermons and donations will lead to wealth on Earth.—
Emi Eleode,
Time,
14 July 2025
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In his sermon, however, Rabbi Chorny described Alligator Alcatraz as not just a political story, but a moral story — and that Holocaust comparisons notwithstanding, it should be debated on its own terms.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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“Monologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologue. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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