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Recent Examples of requiem
No dolphin will ever perform an autopsy, no dingo will read Heidegger, no macaque will write a requiem for piano and violin.
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Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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).
—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
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Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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).
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for requiem
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Prominent among these are baseless critiques of the NAEP itself (lauded as the gold standard of achievement measures) and a lament that the science of reading — recently endorsed by more than 40 states — has failed.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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In classical terms, this begins as an Adagio in D minor — a slow lament led by a solo cello, that accelerates into a chaotic swell of strings.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Eephus is an elegy, but with just the barest hint of sentimentality—a shrugging send-off that simultaneously cares deeply about America’s pastime.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 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
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Returnal Returnal was one of the first exclusives of the PS5 generation; a fabulously grotesque sci-fi horror dirge, and still worth your attention today.—
Luke Winkie,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 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 25 Apr. 2025.
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