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Recent Examples of dirge
Over time, dirge came to mean a funeral song or lament.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Returnal Returnal was one of the first exclusives of the PS5 generation; a fabulously grotesque sci-fi horror dirge, and still worth your attention today.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
On the final night, one of the regulars hired a Scotsman in a kilt to play a bagpipe dirge.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The most powerful moments of this dirge-like film immediately follow the execution.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Returnal Returnal was one of the first exclusives of the PS5 generation; a fabulously grotesque sci-fi horror dirge, and still worth your attention today.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
On the final night, one of the regulars hired a Scotsman in a kilt to play a bagpipe dirge.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The most powerful moments of this dirge-like film immediately follow the execution.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirge
Noun
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Without prompting, Cora then offered a lament regarding the state of the All-Star Game today.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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For years, the lament has been clear: why are Texas tales filmed elsewhere?—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Vo’s ongoing examination of empire and identity unfolds here as both monument and elegy.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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What if Durham’s vision for the sequel could be turned inside out, undergoing a transformation like The Greatest from retrospective to comeback, elegy to unfinished story.—
Melina Moe
May 19,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Like many of the 27 tracks on her Grammy-winning album of the year, her Cowboy Carter and Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour is a requiem to Black artists who have helped shape country music and a reclamation of Americana for those who have been shut out.—
Megan Thomas,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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Column Plug Two Rollie Pemberton A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul. Column Unwritten Recipes Chantal Braganza Anyone who’s lived long enough to learn to feed themselves likely has some kind of biographical dish.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Dirge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirge. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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