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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.
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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Are some of 12 monologues told in the 75-minute show dark and sad?
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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.
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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
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Trump kicked off the Great American State Fair celebration Wednesday, June 24, with a speech that echoed several of his most familiar refrains, from lowering gas prices and criticizing former President Joe Biden to touting his border policies.
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Evelyn Pomatto, 15, was visiting the area for a speech and debate tournament through her high school.
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This year’s final Edinburgh kicks off in around two months and its keynote MacTaggart lecture will be delivered by YouTube EMEA boss Pedro Pina.
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The iconic McTaggart lecture will remain a key part of the festival schedule, Glennie confirmed.
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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?
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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.
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Dani provides the voiceover, filled with strained metaphors about earthquakes and sermons on the importance of summer, but the pretense that the dialogue is taken from his interrogation is quickly abandoned.
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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.
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“Monologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologue. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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