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monologue

[mon-uh-lawg, -log] / ˈmɒn əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /


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Last year, the company stopped holding earnings conference calls with analysts—typical for public companies—opting instead to have Ishbia answer pre-gathered questions in a monologue.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

It’s during a monologue in the seventh episode that we learn what haunts Wyck most: the guilt of causing his childhood friend’s drowning, which has weighed on him ever since.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Years later, when “SNL” developed its opening monologue, it served a similar purpose.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Her monologue manages to be both a diss to her mother and to the city that gifted her so much success.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

When I tried to do the monologue by memory, I only messed up three times.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

You can’t really blame them if their response to the self-absorbed internal monologues of an unreliable narrator is, Oh, boo hoo.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

So when I read it, I was like, “Oh, OK. That’s like those five-page monologues that you don’t get very often to do for one character in one episode.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

On one weekend in Tokyo, hundreds of visitors flocked to a zine fair showcasing a wide range of handmade magazines in different sizes and formats -- some incorporating abstract designs, photography or personal monologues.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

After 11 years and more than 1,800 monologues, the late-night host’s most consistent target was himself.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

It is quite characteristic of him at his best: well-told; several rhetorical monologues; a little essay on Love by the way.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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