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
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Our lament about our father’s painful passing in Florida — where there are gobs of old people but no MAID laws to make death more peaceful — morphed into an unexpected series of stories on same.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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The power of this viral lament comes from the way Kata situates Good’s death within the haunted geography of the Minneapolis uprising that took place in 2020 following Floyd’s murder.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
9 Jan. 2026
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Plus an elegy for Breonna Taylor, featuring cellist Jeffrey Zeigler.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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These books can be read as comedies of cognitive dissonance or as melancholy elegies for the very possibility of closure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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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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Thanksgiving can be delightful or draining, a festive feast or a dispiriting dirge.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Nov. 2025
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“Requiem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiem. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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