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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

He had previously worked with the filmmaker on 2023’s “Saltburn,” for which he auditioned using a Harold Pinter monologue.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 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

I mean, I don’t know if Tats is silent because she’s pondering it, but she does stop the monologue to stare intensely at me.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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

It’s no surprise that Donald Trump dominated Colbert’s monologues by a wide margin, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of the show’s transcripts.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

For the next 12 years, Colbert’s topical, opening monologues riffed heavily off the news, and that included healthy doses of satire about Trump the candidate or President Trump.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

Olivia and Jamieson both feel the guest-host monologues didn't work for the British version of the show.

From BBC May 17, 2026

Aureliano ended up forgetting about him, absorbed in the composition of his poems, but on one occasion he thought he understood something of what Melquíades was saying in his groping monologues, and he paid attention.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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