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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
In Kevin Smith’s Mallrats or Chasing Amy, as annoying and up-their-own-ass as those movies can be, the world might have stopped for a moment to let the character go off on a soliloquy about J Dilla beats.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
First Debate: The two-hour debate was frequently chaotic and rife with soliloquies on everything from e-bikes and housing to the president’s deportation agenda and Israel.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 10 June 2025
The score becomes grand and syrupy whenever there’s a big emotional revelation; characters deliver solemn soliloquies on the orderly beauty of math.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 June 2025
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.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
First Debate: The two-hour debate was frequently chaotic and rife with soliloquies on everything from e-bikes and housing to the president’s deportation agenda and Israel.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 10 June 2025
The score becomes grand and syrupy whenever there’s a big emotional revelation; characters deliver solemn soliloquies on the orderly beauty of math.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 June 2025
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.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliloquy
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Reagan’s speech is included in millions of administration records governed by the Presidential Record Act signed in 1981 by his predecessor, President Jimmy Carter.—
Bill Barrow,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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However, the ad selects and splices certain lines from the five-minute address rather than playing the remarks in the order they were delivered or reproducing the speech in its entirety.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Concerned friends, both mine and his, counseled against him posting rambling, nonsensical monologues, and about his drug use.—
Coley Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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This domain appears to involve more action and less monologue, which is where the novel moves as well.—
Rhian Sasseen,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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These middlemen purchased vast troves of information, ranging from phone numbers and home addresses to bank loans and shopping history, leaked by employees of financial institutions, e-commerce companies and other service providers.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Pairing these vehicles with a clear philanthropic strategy ensures your giving addresses root causes and endures for generations.—
William Jarvis,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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The festival also aims to raise awareness about climate change through a lecture series and activist events.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Climate Café lecture series is a free public program designed to share cutting-edge science with the South Florida community.—
Diana Udel,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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The best way to silence such talk is on the pitch.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The records obtained by The Star, Kehoe’s internal calendar entries, did not reveal the substance of the governor’s recent talks.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Soliloquy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquy. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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