ˈre-kwē-əm
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Recent Examples of requiem
Laura settles in with the secondhand sheet music: Chopin’s Prelude in E Minor, the bare, brooding requiem that was played at the composer’s funeral.
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Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 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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Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 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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This morning, the eminent critic Dwight Garner published a lament for the institutional book critic—via his own institution, The New York Times.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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The sinew between Thundercat and Tame Impala is thick and obvious—one reason that Bruner doesn’t need ubiquitous Kevin Parker’s lethargic laments.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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To say an elegy by heart/to zero our dying before birth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 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
Noun
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This offers respite from the music ever feeling too dirge-like.—
Brendan Hay,
SPIN,
1 May 2026
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The pioneering alt-country band returns with its first album in 30 years—a set of cryptic, languid dirges that feels defiantly out-of-time.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Requiem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiem. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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