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.
—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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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
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His suggestion drew scores of hosannahs from followers on X, who shared his lament that the magazine had become too critical of the industry and its leaders.—
Jonathan Weber,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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That’s been a universal lament over the past couple of years, lately made dramatic in foot-high digits on more than 150,000 gas station reader boards across the US.—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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Tom Sturridge, Rebecca Hall, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and newcomer Luther Ford co-star in this elegy defiantly tethered to life.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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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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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 6 Jun. 2026.
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