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requiem

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


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A lack of heavy-hitting first-party new games for the Switch 2 in coming months also risks hindering growth, although third-party titles such as "Resident Evil Requiem" should help fill the gap, she said.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Benjamin Britten's War Requiem was completed in early 1962.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

The most striking departures are the handful of wordless sequences of Hujar and Rosenkrantz posing in the manner of a fashion shoot, scored to snippets of Mozart’s Requiem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The duchess was a Catholic and there will be a Requiem Mass for her funeral, which will be the first royal Catholic funeral in the UK in modern history.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

“Don’t be. I’m already on Requiem for Mayhem.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green