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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
The monologue, two guests and a band format is stilted, unyielding and increasingly a marker of the past.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 19 July 2025
There were some positives from Gillis’ ESPYs monologue.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2025
The night started out with a controversial monologue from Gillis, before awards went out to Simone Biles, Ilona Maher, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and more.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 17 July 2025
Peter Finch gives one of the most electrifying monologues ever filmed.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 19 July 2025
There were some positives from Gillis’ ESPYs monologue.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2025
The night started out with a controversial monologue from Gillis, before awards went out to Simone Biles, Ilona Maher, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and more.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 17 July 2025
Peter Finch gives one of the most electrifying monologues ever filmed.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monologue
Noun
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Saturday afternoon will feature the main event, when the four former players will take the stage, unveil their Hall of Fame busts and give speeches.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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The event historically has featured a major policy speech from the chair.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
30 July 2025
Noun
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At one such gathering last year, a young aspiring academic sat before a tipsy crowd and delivered a lecture on Robin Hood.—
Abigail Ingram,
National Review,
28 July 2025
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The new approach doesn’t just end the lectures, but also the pretense that soft power was ever really about people’s dignity or freedom rather than about access and control.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
27 July 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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More than 800 of the pastor’s sermons are available on the church’s website.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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On a Sunday during the trial, William Jennings Bryan preached a fire-and-brimstone sermon to an enormous crowd on the courthouse lawn.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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“Monologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologue. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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