ˈre-kwē-əm
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Recent Examples of requiem
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).
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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
That changed to a requiem when Mays suddenly passed away at 93 on Tuesday.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Some of my colleagues have written requiems for the Tea Party.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 May 2024
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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
That changed to a requiem when Mays suddenly passed away at 93 on Tuesday.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Some of my colleagues have written requiems for the Tea Party.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for requiem
Noun
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Silverman joined the parade with a lament about the changing times.—
Paul Harris,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
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But where Knight of Cups often drifts along in a generalized fog of melancholy, Blanchett actually makes the film’s lament for shattered relationships and thwarted potential actually hurt.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In fact, the opening moments play out like an elegy for the whole nation: a school boarded up, with empty corridors and empty classrooms.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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As photographed by Austin Shelton, the widescreen images — and even the vertical TikTok videos braided alongside — convey a hopeful vision of their future, more fresh start than elegy.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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When the relatives begin to arrive, crawling in on their knees, droning a dirge about death, Shula promptly departs for a hotel, pink suitcase in tow.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
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On the final night, one of the regulars hired a Scotsman in a kilt to play a bagpipe dirge.—
Zach Helfand,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Requiem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiem. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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