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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
Comments Paul Rudd and Seth Meyers have a particular set of skills… comedic skills that make recreating Liam Neeson’s very serious Taken monologue without laughing impossible.
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EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Taylor ends the episode speaking to that with Elsa Dutton’s voiceover monologue about man destroying the land.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
There is only enunciating, as paragraphs of narrative are diverted into rushing mouthfuls of unintelligible high-speed monologue.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Through it all, little about O’Brien’s approach to comedy has changed—listen to a monologue from 1993, 2003, or 2013, and compare it with his opening routine at this year’s Oscars.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
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EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Taylor ends the episode speaking to that with Elsa Dutton’s voiceover monologue about man destroying the land.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
There is only enunciating, as paragraphs of narrative are diverted into rushing mouthfuls of unintelligible high-speed monologue.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Through it all, little about O’Brien’s approach to comedy has changed—listen to a monologue from 1993, 2003, or 2013, and compare it with his opening routine at this year’s Oscars.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monologue
Noun
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At the grand opening that September, former Republican President George W. Bush, who had signed the bill authorizing federal funding for the museum, and Barack Obama, a Democrat and then the nation’s first Black president, delivered passionate speeches supporting the museum.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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Young came out gripping his 1953 Gibson Les Paul, better known as Old Black, shortly after a fiery speech by Service Employees International Union President April Verrett.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
13 Apr. 2025
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At these exhibitions, Colton would start with a brief lecture explaining the gas and its scientific properties, then invite volunteers from the audience to try it for themselves.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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The lecture will feature tribal representatives Stan Rodriguez, Priscilla Ortiz and Andrew Pittman, along with Nan Renner, senior director of strategic partnerships at Birch Aquarium.—
La Jolla Light,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Inspirational edits of the lesbian Traitors star’s podcast soliloquies have been taking over TikTok.—
Ana Osorno,
Them.,
1 Apr. 2025
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But the danger is removing the urgency of the play: 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,
New York Daily News,
24 Mar. 2025
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One specific date must be the same for all the Muslim's roughly two-billion population: the Day of Arafah, when millions of pilgrims gather in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to commemorate the final sermon of Prophet Muhammad.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Leave it to Tom Rothman to tee up CinemaCon, ever the philosopher, with the ultimate sermon that waves the flag for moviegoing.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Monologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologue. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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