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requiem

[rek-wee-uhm, ree-kwee-, rey-] / 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

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

On the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, Tommy photographed a requiem shark, its body arched in a final act of resistance.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024

They started making steel in Levittown only as far back as 1952, but the reality and sentiment of Springsteen’s haunting requiem applies just the same.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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