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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
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.
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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
Inspirational edits of the lesbian Traitors star’s podcast soliloquies have been taking over TikTok.
—Ana Osorno, Them., 1 Apr. 2025
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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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
Inspirational edits of the lesbian Traitors star’s podcast soliloquies have been taking over TikTok.
—Ana Osorno, Them., 1 Apr. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquy
Noun
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Over the years, JWoww has spoken up about Greyson’s autism diagnosis, sharing advice and celebrating his wins, like reading and speech improvement.—
Beth Sobol,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Antisemitism has taken on a new mechanism: the deliberate failure to defend the rights of Jews by groups that properly speak out against attempts to suppress the rights — speech, academic freedom and assembly — of African-Americans, gays, transgender people and other minorities.—
Alan M. Dershowitz,
New York Daily News,
6 July 2025
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Peter Finch gives one of the most electrifying monologues ever filmed.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
10 July 2025
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With piercing honesty and raw emotion, Jean Smart delivers a powerful monologue in Call Me Izzy, a new play written by Jamie Wax and directed by Sarna Lapine.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
Noun
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The Times’ analysis counts one application for each address no matter how many supplemental permits may be required.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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The address for the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo is 3411 Sherman Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
10 July 2025
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Nat Geo experts provide photo advice, and historians and marine biologists host onboard lectures.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
3 July 2025
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Central Florida Stamp Club: Meetings include auctions and informative lectures.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 July 2025
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Those who didn’t make it to the summer festival will find year-round programming that includes pop-up performances, artist talks, and classes.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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Inside the 2026 Program Our full program will include feature films, episodic projects, and short films — welcoming 90-plus features and 50-plus shorts in 2026 — as well as our annual Beyond Film series, which showcases talks and events with some of the most compelling artists and many more.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
14 July 2025
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“Soliloquy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquy. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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