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Recent Examples of elegy
Tell, yell, hell, hello, elegy, tottle, otology, geology, theology.
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John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Worm’s visualization of his collection, then, is an unwitting elegy of species pushed to the brink of existence by human pressures.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
Windy and warm today with showers developing ‘Reduced to dust’: An elegy for Gazan life
Biden, congressional leaders sound optimistic on funding government
How the Auto Train became one of Amtrak’s most profitable routes
The economy is roaring.
—Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
Streams of information flow into and over each other in an elegy about who was who, and when, and why.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Worm’s visualization of his collection, then, is an unwitting elegy of species pushed to the brink of existence by human pressures.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
Windy and warm today with showers developing ‘Reduced to dust’: An elegy for Gazan life
Biden, congressional leaders sound optimistic on funding government
How the Auto Train became one of Amtrak’s most profitable routes
The economy is roaring.
—Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
Streams of information flow into and over each other in an elegy about who was who, and when, and why.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elegy
Noun
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Silverman joined the parade with a lament about the changing times.—
Paul Harris,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
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But where Knight of Cups often drifts along in a generalized fog of melancholy, Blanchett actually makes the film’s lament for shattered relationships and thwarted potential actually hurt.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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When the relatives begin to arrive, crawling in on their knees, droning a dirge about death, Shula promptly departs for a hotel, pink suitcase in tow.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 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
Noun
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Whether a requiem is due for rom-coms or not, in the meantime there's at least a conveyor belt of cringe to feast upon.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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The funeral procession begins with a sorrowful requiem but transitions into a celebration of life — reminding us that life extends beyond death, that grief is not the absence of love but an extension of it.—
Mathew Holloway,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Elegy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elegy. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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