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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
Her sister, Lexi, had a single mini-monologue about the bible.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
In the opening monologue of the night — nearly verbatim for most nights on the tour — Springsteen ad-libbed some additional context, acknowledging the prescience of the evening.
—Brandon Shaw, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
Or as Laurie Metcalf’s Weed makes clear in her hilarious monologue before the Central Park gig.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
The guy with all the monologues about how important art and storytelling are, and how agents are a mission-critical part of that work, is not going to end this series in the mail room.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 29 May 2026
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
In the opening monologue of the night — nearly verbatim for most nights on the tour — Springsteen ad-libbed some additional context, acknowledging the prescience of the evening.
—Brandon Shaw, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
Or as Laurie Metcalf’s Weed makes clear in her hilarious monologue before the Central Park gig.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
The guy with all the monologues about how important art and storytelling are, and how agents are a mission-critical part of that work, is not going to end this series in the mail room.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 29 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for monologue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monologue
Noun
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Some of the dialogue feels like Harrison’s own metaphysical musings rather than characters’ speech.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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For people with disabilities, AI is providing higher quality and faster transcription for the deaf, image descriptions for the blind, and speech generation for those unable to communicate verbally.—
Jessica Melugin,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
Noun
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And so on Friday, May 29, after former Blue Ox president Dean Gyorgy headed up a lecture on the team as part of the Hall’s annual Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, everybody stepped into another room for the formal handing-over of all that cool stuff.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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No lecture or strict ground rules are required.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
4 June 2026
Noun
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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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But Crowther’s sleuthing determines that Joyce’s novel was a regular companion of hers, and she was particularly enchanted with Molly Bloom’s closing soliloquy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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In this early 19th-century rebirth of backcountry religion, traveling ministers preached a fiery gospel of grace, stirring large crowds with their open-air sermons.—
Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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Timoner clarified her stance on the boycott at the coop in a sermon days after the vote.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
8 June 2026
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“Monologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologue. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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