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Recent Examples of revivalist
James, too, was forgotten, but folk revivalists resurfaced him in the 1960s.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
George Thorogood & The Destroyers Sept. 2, The Parker, Fort Lauderdale
Rockin’ blues revivalist finally celebrates band’s 50th anniversary after a medical emergency stalled the 2023 tour.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
Thanks to the retro revivalists at SNEG, both games are now available as of this week on Steam—although neither seem to have official Steam Deck compatibility ratings.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
This revivalist, smash one-off capped Take Action SXSW, a two-day event here to lobby against gun violence.
—Ramon Ramirez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
George Thorogood & The Destroyers Sept. 2, The Parker, Fort Lauderdale
Rockin’ blues revivalist finally celebrates band’s 50th anniversary after a medical emergency stalled the 2023 tour.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
Thanks to the retro revivalists at SNEG, both games are now available as of this week on Steam—although neither seem to have official Steam Deck compatibility ratings.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
This revivalist, smash one-off capped Take Action SXSW, a two-day event here to lobby against gun violence.
—Ramon Ramirez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revivalist
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An evangelist of kick-flare jeans, wide headbands, and wearing black absolutely everywhere, CBK can teach us a thing or two about getting dressed right now.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2026
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But Fedorova is an equal-opportunity fetishist, an evangelist of the very concept.—
Lillian Fishman,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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Not bad for a musical about Mormon missionaries trying to convert the residents of a remote Ugandan village — an idea that, let’s face it, sounds ripe for disaster.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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In the South, Black ministers and White missionaries welcomed the formerly enslaved into the faith and worked with them to establish independent social and political lives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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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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Bernard, who runs the Christian Cultural Center in Starrett City, Brooklyn, with a membership of more than 37,000 people, said being an NYPD chaplain was a calling in and of itself.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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City officials said Harbert’s volunteer role with the Police Department’s chaplain program was ended because his posts broke Police Department and city policies.—
Andrea Klick,
Oc Register,
3 Mar. 2026
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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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And Jim Kale and I were not exactly living the life of a Buddhist monk.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2026
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The venerable monk was draped in his maroon and saffron robe, his bare feet looking ashen with dust, a few of his toes still blackened from his arduous walk.—
Sarah Hepola,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The world has lost a pastor, a champion, a mender of bridges.—
Matt Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Johnson leads the North Hartford Public Safety Coalition and is pastor of Hope Urban Refuge Church.—
Mariana Navarrete Villegas,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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Drawn to her difference, neighbors and coworkers treat Pavitra as a confessor and sounding board for their own preoccupations.—
Miriam Gershow,
Literary Hub,
1 Dec. 2025
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Instead, the central question and driving force is how Aggie and Brian will lure Nile out of the walled fortress afforded by wealth and into the trap of spilling his guts to a confessor.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Revivalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revivalist. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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