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soliloquy

[suh-lil-uh-kwee] / səˈlɪl ə kwi /
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NOUN
speech by one
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The soliloquy is especially impressive because Ms. Ocasio-Cortez could have taken cover under the fact that U.S. policy is to decline to answer the question.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

In a makeshift classroom, Mr White, the coach, launched into an extraordinary soliloquy.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

In a voiceover soliloquy about relationships, she lands on the realization that the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2025

How fitting, then, that my friend Steve recalled the Stage Manager’s most famous soliloquy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025

“My strength is quite failing me,” I said in a soliloquy.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë