ˈre-kwē-əm
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Recent Examples of requiem
Column Plug Two Rollie Pemberton A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.
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Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
No dolphin will ever perform an autopsy, no dingo will read Heidegger, no macaque will write a requiem for piano and violin.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
The Last Showgirl is a requiem for any woman who has ever been underestimated because of her beauty, her choices, or her art (so, essentially, every woman ever to exist).
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
As part of the ongoing requiem over the JCPOA’s all-but-certain demise, policymakers are trying to craft a Plan B.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2023
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Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
No dolphin will ever perform an autopsy, no dingo will read Heidegger, no macaque will write a requiem for piano and violin.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
The Last Showgirl is a requiem for any woman who has ever been underestimated because of her beauty, her choices, or her art (so, essentially, every woman ever to exist).
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
As part of the ongoing requiem over the JCPOA’s all-but-certain demise, policymakers are trying to craft a Plan B.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for requiem
Noun
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This is a lament for something that is out of reach, almost strange to the narrator.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2025
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Instead, Nick takes a seat next to Joseph and laments not listening to June, who told him so long ago to quit all this.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
20 May 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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After learning of the loss of the iron ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior and the deaths of all 29 crew members from Newsweek, Gord lifted passages from the article and put them to a dreamy dirge: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Though it was written around the time of Malibu’s Woolsey fire, the 14-minute long dirge that encompasses flames in Malibu and a cougar that roams the hills took on a new and sinister meaning in the aftermath of the more recent fires.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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“Requiem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiem. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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