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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
In Kevin Smith’s Mallrats or Chasing Amy, as annoying and up-their-own-ass as those movies can be, the world might have stopped for a moment to let the character go off on a soliloquy about J Dilla beats.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
First Debate: The two-hour debate was frequently chaotic and rife with soliloquies on everything from e-bikes and housing to the president’s deportation agenda and Israel.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 10 June 2025
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
Trump then launched into a lengthy soliloquy about how the law had been weaponized against him and the role of law firms in that unfair treatment.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
First Debate: The two-hour debate was frequently chaotic and rife with soliloquies on everything from e-bikes and housing to the president’s deportation agenda and Israel.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 10 June 2025
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
Trump then launched into a lengthy soliloquy about how the law had been weaponized against him and the role of law firms in that unfair treatment.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquy
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Patrick also has his own researcher, so the cast members all had access to this dropbox full of stuff, including incredible academic studies of John Gacy’s speech pattern and word choice and syntax use, and a breakdown of the Chicago dialect and his Polish background.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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Likewise, Danielle Cooney of Live Free Indiana dedicated her speech to railing against Marion County Sheriff Kerry Forestal for housing ICE detainees at the county jail.—
Tony Cook,
IndyStar,
18 Oct. 2025
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Despite the criticism, Bad Bunny has remained unshaken, hilariously firing back at the criticism during his SNL monologue by encouraging fans to embrace his Spanish-language music.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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So the nation's viewers grew used to Carson tucking them in bed, backed by a sprawling big band, with a monologue that gently poked fun at the day's news events and chummy interactions with celebrities.—
Eric Deggans,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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Mistakes, complaints and promotions The secretary issued several policy memos concurrent with his address aimed at overhauling the inspector general and equal opportunity complaint processes as part of his push to produce more Pattons.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The moment your email address, password, or other sensitive data is leaked, Alert notifies you.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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Expanding the curriculum Kim opened the second semester with a lecture on shifting global market dynamics, consumer behavior, production diversification, innovation strategy, traceability systems and the tightening environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulatory landscape.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Oct. 2025
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Before the lecture, there will be a community dinner catered by Viewpoint Brewing Co.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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But as Muttaqi went about a public relations blitz in India and held talks with Indian officials, deadly clashes erupted along the Durand Line border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent days.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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The banks are discussing an emergency loan backed by Argentine assets, the people said, while cautioning that talks are ongoing and specific collateral is still being ironed out.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Soliloquy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquy. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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