ˈre-kwē-əm
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Recent Examples of requiem
The longest continuous one was the entire Verdi requiem, listened to internally on a long-haul flight.
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Larissa MacFarquhar, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
What some experts say remains clear – even after the devastating events of the last two years and all the requiems for the two-state solution – is that no alternative exists to some form of a Palestinian state.
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 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
Leadership from different Christian denominations, including from the Episcopal, Lutheran and Methodist faiths, were on hand for the requiem.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Larissa MacFarquhar, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
What some experts say remains clear – even after the devastating events of the last two years and all the requiems for the two-state solution – is that no alternative exists to some form of a Palestinian state.
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 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
Leadership from different Christian denominations, including from the Episcopal, Lutheran and Methodist faiths, were on hand for the requiem.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for requiem
Noun
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For Mair, the lament is that the very public controversy playing out on that Olympic stage will force changes at the top level of the sport that will trickle down to the grassroots.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Her self-reflections have always landed better than love laments though, and there’s plenty of these on the new one.—
Lina Lecaro,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In Berceuse Parish, there are so many elegies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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The show, a sort of elegy for Gen X, opens with a flash-forward to July 16, 1999, the final hours of Carolyn and John.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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The temperature plunges; Reilly’s trills harden into an Old World dirge.—
Brad Shoup,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2026
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Swedish singer-composer Anna von Hausswolff, whose cathedral melodies, intense vocals and doom-laden dirges share much in common with Nordic heavy-metal culture, specializes in mystery and grandiosity.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Requiem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiem. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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