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 on the Web 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 Equal parts requiem, oratorio, and manifesto, Angel Island tells the collective story of Chinese immigrants held at a notorious detention center in San Francisco Bay. An Epic Set, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for requiem 

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“Requiem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiem. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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