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Recent Examples of revivalist
Nathan Jerde, the drummer for Chicago’s beloved early-aughts garage rock revivalists the Ponys, has died.
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Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025
On Thursday, trad-country revivalist Zach Top was awarded the trophy for New Male Artist of the Year backstage before his concert in Wilmington, North Carolina.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2025
The band and collective have tapped trans artists and allies — including emo and skate-punk revivalists Home Is Where and Pinkshift, indie rockers Speedy Ortiz and Ted Leo, and genre-smelters Bartees Strange and L’Rain — to share wares and kick proceeds to future rallies and actions.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
But if her Blind Audition was any indication, The Voice might have just found its next great jazz revivalist.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2025
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Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025
On Thursday, trad-country revivalist Zach Top was awarded the trophy for New Male Artist of the Year backstage before his concert in Wilmington, North Carolina.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2025
The band and collective have tapped trans artists and allies — including emo and skate-punk revivalists Home Is Where and Pinkshift, indie rockers Speedy Ortiz and Ted Leo, and genre-smelters Bartees Strange and L’Rain — to share wares and kick proceeds to future rallies and actions.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
But if her Blind Audition was any indication, The Voice might have just found its next great jazz revivalist.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revivalist
Noun
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At the time the abuse allegedly began in December 1982, Morris was a traveling evangelist who visited Clemishire and her family in Hominy, Oklahoma, authorities said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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Morey Haber, Chief Security Advisor at BeyondTrust, is an identity and technical evangelist with over 25 years of IT industry experience.—
Morey Haber,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The missionaries arrived in 1820, and mosquitos not too long after in 1826.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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As cinematic tapestry, Mitevska’s cloistered film does feel cut from the cloth of Calcutta in 1948 and from the Catholic missionary work one attributes to that time.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025
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Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
17 June 2022
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Eby will continue to serve as outreach missioner at the Church of the Nativity and as priest-in-charge at St. Timothy’s Church in Athens.—
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1 Dec. 2020
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Ayman Soliman, a former hospital chaplain, has been detained by immigration authorities since July after losing his asylum status.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Chaplain will follow airport chaplain Tobias Wallace, who uses decidedly unorthodox methods to solve daily crises.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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As a young religious, Bishop-elect Lombardo did missionary work in Bolivia and Honduras.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
chicagotribune.com,
11 Sep. 2020
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There are black-and-white scenes from what appears to be a cracked Biblical drama featuring a levitating monk and, to the particular bafflement of the producer, a dancing Pulcinella.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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In her retellings, Daedone has described Davon as a Buddhist monk.—
Thessaly La Force,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ian Wilkinson, a pastor at a local church and the sole surviving guest of the lunch, told last month's hearing that the death of his wife had left him bereft.—
Alasdair Pal,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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She was also found guilty of attempting to murder Heather's husband, pastor Ian Wilkinson, 68, who remained hospitalized for weeks, 9 News reported at the time.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Her closeness to a man, her confessor Father Van Exem, was questioned by her congregation.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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The automatic consequence for a confessor who breaks the seal of confession is excommunication – that is, banned, at least temporarily, from the sacraments of the church.—
Timothy Gabrielli,
The Conversation,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Revivalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revivalist. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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