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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
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Politics Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech The chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party summed up the split among Democrats.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2025
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Senator Cory Booker's marathon Senate floor speech has just broken Ted Cruz's filibuster speech record.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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In addition to taking part in the panel discussion, Hirata was also part of a program on Thursday called Befriend Your Butterflies, a lecture examining the concept of performance anxiety through the lens of psychology and musical performance.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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Central Florida Stamp Club: Meetings include auctions and informative lectures.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 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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Hopkins has a blast with the role, spouting off soliloquies about right and wrong while gleefully pushing buttons that plunge Eddie into near-death scenarios from behind a curtain.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
21 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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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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“Monologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologue. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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