requiem

ˈre-kwē-əm
as in lament
a composition expressing one's grief over a loss the choir will sing Mozart's Requiem

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Recent Examples of requiem 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 Let this be not a requiem for Clark but an appreciation. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024 Beyoncé has signed Giddens’s petition of requiem and reckoning, legacy and elegy. Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for requiem
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Noun
  • For example, many in the MAHA movement lament how the United States permits scores of pesticides and consumer product additives that are banned in Europe.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Strickland’s lament racked up 159,000 likes and 13.2 million views.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
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  • Lachlan Murdoch delivered a brief elegy this morning for shuttered sports streaming joint venture Venu but said Fox is moving ahead with plans to launch a new direct-to-consumer service drawing on all its content and brands by the end of the calendar year.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
  • But the meeting will be more elegy than transformation.
    Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • Ethel Cain: Perverts [Daughters of Cain] Ethel Cain found unlikely pop fandom with Preacher’s Daughter, her 2022 debut album, thanks to its emotional dirges and heavy lyrics.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The hand drums, played here by Keith, make this one spooky dirge.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2024

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“Requiem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiem. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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