ˈre-kwē-əm
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Recent Examples of requiem
In the brave new world of college basketball, which has moved on swiftly without a requiem for the old Pac-12, Popeswapped one shade of orange for a different one after several Western schools were burned by the collapse of the formerly venerable basketball conference.
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Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2026
There, he was honored with salutes and a requiem.
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Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
19 Dec. 2025
In the process, Gimme Shelter became not just a record of a tour, but a requiem for the 1960s counterculture and its utopian promise.
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Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE,
22 Nov. 2025
The Duke of York retreated from public life in November 2019 after a car crash interview with the BBC about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, but attended the requiem mass at Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon.
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Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2026
There, he was honored with salutes and a requiem.
—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
19 Dec. 2025
In the process, Gimme Shelter became not just a record of a tour, but a requiem for the 1960s counterculture and its utopian promise.
—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE,
22 Nov. 2025
The Duke of York retreated from public life in November 2019 after a car crash interview with the BBC about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, but attended the requiem mass at Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon.
—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for requiem
Noun
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His one big lament was missing a 4-foot birdie putt on the final hole.
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This week, Tyla gets in her feelings, Tierra Whack spits bars on a spritely beat, and Kelela slows it down on a lover’s lament that dates back to her debut album.
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Ashura processions are usually dramatic affairs, with chanters singing elegies or dirges dedicated to Hussein, while audience members beat their chests and engage in displays of mourning.
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The film uses one man’s late life as an elegy for a disappearing Canarian way of being, its rituals, its rootedness, its relationship to the land.
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Ashura processions are usually dramatic affairs, with chanters singing elegies or dirges dedicated to Hussein, while audience members beat their chests and engage in displays of mourning.
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The already dirge-like film downshifts further, towards a more pleasant state of repose, as Robin convalesces.
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“Requiem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiem. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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