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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
The monologue closed with Kimmel bringing out his longtime sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez to buttress his points that Trump’s radical agenda on immigration is anti-American.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel had a more direct message in his monologue, making his own closing argument for the election.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
For his sixth outing as host, Mulaney performed a monologue that was extremely quick-moving, jumping from topic to topic, and that was notable for making absolutely no mention of the impending election.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Viewers in the comments were deeply affected by Becker's words, noticing a similar monologue within themselves.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel had a more direct message in his monologue, making his own closing argument for the election.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
For his sixth outing as host, Mulaney performed a monologue that was extremely quick-moving, jumping from topic to topic, and that was notable for making absolutely no mention of the impending election.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Viewers in the comments were deeply affected by Becker's words, noticing a similar monologue within themselves.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monologue
Noun
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Each inflatable have its own audio cone and its own speech.Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 27 Nov. 2024
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The Russian leader offered up his first public congratulations on Trump’s election win somewhat offhandedly, in a question-and-answer session that followed a lengthy speech.Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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But Sir Ridley Scott does not want to deliver a connect-the-dots lecture.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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In his lecture, Goldberg gives the example of a robot pushing a bottle across a table.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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Goldberg: The final soliloquy of the play—no spoilers here—is augmented by AI.Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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He’s taken to reframing classics — a Hamlet with the ensemble onstage watching his soliloquies; a Glass Menagerie in which Laura Wingfield, often acted with a slight limp, was played by an actress who uses a wheelchair.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
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Slate says that, in 1905, an issue of The Cambrian, a magazine for Welsh Americans, featured an anecdote involving a priest who, following a service, pulled a clerk aside to ask whether his sermon had been long enough.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Stanley addressed Mohler near the beginning of his sermon.John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Monologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monologue. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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