as in speech
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
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.
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
Even Izzard’s brief epilogue, charmingly dedicating the performance to a fellow thespian, crackles with more verve than the most famous of soliloquies.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
The static figures act like a metronome, marking time between the stanzas of his sharp-witted soliloquies and dialogues; the gestures and expressions function as stage directions.
—Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
Tellingly, Washington seems never to look directly at the audience during the play’s famous soliloquies, preferring to deliver them high into the air.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
Even Izzard’s brief epilogue, charmingly dedicating the performance to a fellow thespian, crackles with more verve than the most famous of soliloquies.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
The static figures act like a metronome, marking time between the stanzas of his sharp-witted soliloquies and dialogues; the gestures and expressions function as stage directions.
—Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
Tellingly, Washington seems never to look directly at the audience during the play’s famous soliloquies, preferring to deliver them high into the air.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquy
Noun
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The day kicks off, interestingly, with a talk on the value of academic speech from alum Christopher L. Eisgruber, president of Princeton University.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Aug. 2025
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Its goalkeeper, Marc-André ter Stegen, back in the fold after settling an ugly dispute with the club, delivered a customary speech to fans as the reinstated captain before kickoff.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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After Putin finished his monologue, Trump spoke for just three minutes and cut the press conference short without taking any questions from the room full of reporters.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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Complementing the songs are monologues by a cast of powerful women’s voices belonging to Taraji P. Henson, Sarah Paulson, Niecy Nash, Issa Rae and Regina King, among others.—
Gail Mitchell,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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Financial transaction information such as the date, type of payment, amount, account numbers involved (including cryptocurrency addresses), the name and address of the receiving financial institution, and the receiving cryptocurrency addresses.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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We, in collaboration with our partners, store and/or access information on a user's device, including but not limited to IP addresses, unique identifiers, and browsing data stored in cookies, in order to process personal data.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
15 Aug. 2025
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Central Florida Stamp Club: Meetings include auctions and informative lectures.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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Stamets, always a crowd favorite, will also offer a keynote lecture on how psilocybin mushrooms can save the world.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
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As the merger faced regulatory approval and Paramount engaged in settlement talks with Trump, staffers in the news division were in a perpetual state of consternation, while Democratic lawmakers raised the prospect that of a violation of anti-bribery laws.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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The company, according to multiple outlets, is in early talks with investors about a stock sale for current and former employees at a $500 billion valuation, a massive jump from its previous valuation of $300 billion.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Soliloquy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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