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a long, usually serious spoken discourse that a character in a play delivers to an audience and that reveals the character's thoughts
Hamlet's famous soliloquy
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Recent Examples of soliloquy
Many of Silverblatt’s best moments come not in conversation but in his soliloquies delivered to the author who is ostensibly being interviewed.
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John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
In Network, as a harried TV executive, Duvall is similarly roaring, spitting some great Paddy Chayefsky soliloquies with relish.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
Less a drama than a conversational soliloquy with staging touches, there is greatness on display with the presence of actor John Rubinstein.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
My mom and her soliloquies, Mom being Mom.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
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John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
In Network, as a harried TV executive, Duvall is similarly roaring, spitting some great Paddy Chayefsky soliloquies with relish.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
Less a drama than a conversational soliloquy with staging touches, there is greatness on display with the presence of actor John Rubinstein.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
My mom and her soliloquies, Mom being Mom.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquy
Noun
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Councilmember Nithya Raman made what sounded almost like a concession speech.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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More screen time is given over to her burgeoning friendship with firebrand suffragette Mary, played by singer Lily Allen in a deliberately anachronistic performance — her forthright speech and manner beamed in directly from the 21st century.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Her character deserved more depth than a short backstory in a monologue.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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Or as Laurie Metcalf’s Weed makes clear in her hilarious monologue before the Central Park gig.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Set the scene One of the very smartest hotel addresses in London, The Connaught Hotel’s energy crackles and fizzes from morning through night, with coming and goings, reunions, a hum of excitement and a permanent sense of occasion.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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The memorial is made up of a garden with 50 granite steps leading to a massive tablet carved with a portion of his inauguration address from 1961.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
Noun
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The British Museum elected to postpone a Jewish Culture Month event that was scheduled to take place last Thursday, May 28th due to concerns that the talk—a lecture on Ancient Israel and Judah—might be disrupted by protests.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 June 2026
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That’s the case for the group Cabral and some 35,000 other youth belong to, Hakuna, which started in the early 2010s in a Madrid parish when a group of college students set up a weekly hour of Eucharistic adoration, preceded by a short lecture and followed by a meetup at a local bar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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De la Espriella, who has never before held public office, also promises to sever peace talks with armed groups and unleash a full-on offensive against rebels.—
Alfie Pannell,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2026
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Anxiety over ChatGPT and other emerging technology helped derail talks with both unions and the AMPTP in 2023, leading to crippling dual strikes.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
31 May 2026
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“Soliloquy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquy. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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