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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
In their opening monologue, Yang and Rogers mentioned the Summer House scandal, which rocked the Bravoverse.
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 17 June 2026
Klopp is a gifted communicator, but hardly prone to floral monologues.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Are some of 12 monologues told in the 75-minute show dark and sad?
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
The sequence built from this monologue fills more than thirty minutes of screen time, and is punctuated with recent flashbacks to the family’s life together, and even an extended long-ago look at the couple’s early days.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 17 June 2026
Klopp is a gifted communicator, but hardly prone to floral monologues.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Are some of 12 monologues told in the 75-minute show dark and sad?
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
The sequence built from this monologue fills more than thirty minutes of screen time, and is punctuated with recent flashbacks to the family’s life together, and even an extended long-ago look at the couple’s early days.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monologue
Noun
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The president will headline the event and give a speech.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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The policy says students within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools retain First Amendment rights while also outlining circumstances the school can restrict speech deemed disruptive.—
Zaire Breedlove,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
Noun
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And this is where the second component of the performance-lecture’s effectiveness comes in, specifically for artists who work with technology and the internet as their subject and medium.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
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The event will also include a lecture series by local historians and scholars about the arts on display.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Noun
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If sharing is so great at bringing people together why, when accosted with an unceasing soliloquy of self-disclosure, do so many feel the urge to flee?—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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Andrew Scott did the same during a 2024 production of Hamlet, when an attendee had taken out their laptop to send emails during the character’s famous soliloquy.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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Warnock said in his sermon that the prophet Isaiah provides words of hope but also a road map on how to move forward.—
Tia Mitchell,
AJC.com,
15 June 2026
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The fracas played out in heated sermons, editorials, and denominational meetings.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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“Monologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologue. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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