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requiem

[rek-wee-uhm, ree-kwee-, ray-] / ˈrɛk wi əm, ˈri kwi-, ˈreɪ- /


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But Paul’s retirement also stands as a requiem for the position he so thoroughly mastered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

By the end, this novel has become at once a requiem, a farewell, an old soft-shoe number — and a warning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

There will also be music by JS Bach and from the requiem by French composer Maurice Durufle.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025

The UK's Financial Times published a mournful requiem for the great post-war alliance the other day which ended with these words:

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2025

There was no dirge, no incense, no requiem, although hymns were sung in the small church.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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