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also monologs
as in lectures
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 monologues
Chapter Six is twenty-four first-person monologues, none of whom are Tunde.
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Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Concerned friends, both mine and his, counseled against him posting rambling, nonsensical monologues, and about his drug use.
—Coley Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Hosts like Kristen Stewart, Sam Rockwell and Ariana Grande have all dropped uncensored profanity during their monologues or sketches.
—William Earl, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Sense of self is shaped by endless scrolls of aggressive content,** body optimisation videos, and podcast monologues about dominance and control.
—Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
The truth lies somewhere in between, and that gap captures how far the world’s two largest economies have drifted from real dialogue to monologues.
—Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
In fact, what had been late night is being splintered into pieces, where consumers can create their own show, complete with comedy sketches, political monologues and jokes, musical performances and interview segments all pulled from different channels.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
This movie asks you to listen closely to the dialogue, as there are a number of extended monologues that provide historical backdrop.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
During their monologues, both hosts continued mocking the president and other newsmakers of the day.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Concerned friends, both mine and his, counseled against him posting rambling, nonsensical monologues, and about his drug use.
—Coley Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Hosts like Kristen Stewart, Sam Rockwell and Ariana Grande have all dropped uncensored profanity during their monologues or sketches.
—William Earl, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Sense of self is shaped by endless scrolls of aggressive content,** body optimisation videos, and podcast monologues about dominance and control.
—Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
The truth lies somewhere in between, and that gap captures how far the world’s two largest economies have drifted from real dialogue to monologues.
—Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
In fact, what had been late night is being splintered into pieces, where consumers can create their own show, complete with comedy sketches, political monologues and jokes, musical performances and interview segments all pulled from different channels.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
This movie asks you to listen closely to the dialogue, as there are a number of extended monologues that provide historical backdrop.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
During their monologues, both hosts continued mocking the president and other newsmakers of the day.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monologues
Noun
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Of the various speeches, three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani sent a message to fans after winning his second championship in as many seasons with the Dodgers.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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President Woodrow Wilson enacted the Cloture Rule in 1917, requiring a two-thirds majority vote to pass legislation and prevent prolonged speeches from halting debate.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Without Marlowe, there might have been no iambic pentameter, and no soliloquies.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Even the man who wrote eloquent romantic soliloquies that have endured centuries still royally pissed off his wife on the regular.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After 2018, Jin transformed Zion Church into a semi-virtual network, uploading sermons online and encouraging members around the country to gather and watch sessions together.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Two men who represent two different bastions of power — God and country — in Oklahoma are making sermons of a kind.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Monologues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologues. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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