ˈre-kwē-əm
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Recent Examples of requiem
Whether a requiem is due for rom-coms or not, in the meantime there's at least a conveyor belt of cringe to feast upon.
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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
The funeral procession begins with a sorrowful requiem but transitions into a celebration of life — reminding us that life extends beyond death, that grief is not the absence of love but an extension of it.
—Mathew Holloway, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Column Plug Two Rollie Pemberton A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.
—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
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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
The funeral procession begins with a sorrowful requiem but transitions into a celebration of life — reminding us that life extends beyond death, that grief is not the absence of love but an extension of it.
—Mathew Holloway, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Column Plug Two Rollie Pemberton A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for requiem
Noun
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Without prompting, Cora then offered a lament regarding the state of the All-Star Game today.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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For years, the lament has been clear: why are Texas tales filmed elsewhere?—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 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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But today that moral arc is as twisted as a gnarled, rotten root, and God Bless America has been replaced by the mournful dirge of Taps.—
Marci Alborghetti,
Hartford Courant,
3 July 2025
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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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“Requiem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiem. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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