soliloquies

noun

plural of soliloquy
as in speeches
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 soliloquies Stylistically, this encyclopedic catch-all of genres readily segues from sermons and soliloquies to thrilling action sequences and anguished cris de coeur. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026 Her soliloquies reveal deep internal conflict about identity, duty, and desire. — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026 Over the last year, however, much of that feedback has been met by philosophical soliloquies and redirection. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2026 Many of Silverblatt’s best moments come not in conversation but in his soliloquies delivered to the author who is ostensibly being interviewed. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026 In Network, as a harried TV executive, Duvall is similarly roaring, spitting some great Paddy Chayefsky soliloquies with relish. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026 Do it in English, but do the soliloquies in French, maybe. — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026 All those irreverent celebrations and comical soliloquies left no shortage of options. — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026 Where most 1960s bands were cutting 3-minute singles from the studio, the Dead were jamming 30 minute soliloquies on the stage several nights a week. — Brian Halligan, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
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  1. speeches
  2. monologues
  3. talks
  4. addresses
Noun
  • Last month, the Economist used Pangram to analyze parliamentary speeches, finding that 10% of the words spoken in the British Parliament were drafted with AI.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Trump, at this point, was not the rebel candidate who first showed up in Youngstown 10 years ago, with rally speeches about the threat of mass Muslim immigration.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of speeches
Noun
  • The same dynamic explains why his appearances with Will Cain and Sean Hannity on Fox News often generate more interest than his solo political monologues.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Woody is prone to meandering and hippy-dippy monologues, as a weed-loving anarchist.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of monologues
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  • Trump has since tried to find an off-ramp to the war in Iran, but Israel’s actions made such peace deal talks thorny.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • CineGouna Emerge in turn is a strand of El Gouna’s CineGouna industry program alongside the Forum talks lineup, Funding project showcase, Market and new Series focus.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of talks
Noun
  • Also a list of the true names and addresses of all former slaves, along with their actual occupations and 1858 yearly incomes, which, surprising no one, were right on par with the incomes of similar whites.
    — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Watch for unexplained web addresses, encoded strings or commands that download and immediately execute remote scripts.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of addresses

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“Soliloquies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soliloquies. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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