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Recent Examples of revivalist
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.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Apr. 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
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
To celebrate, the UK post-punk revivalists will play the record in full, plus other hits from their catalog, on an anniversary tour of North America later this year.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Apr. 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
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
To celebrate, the UK post-punk revivalists will play the record in full, plus other hits from their catalog, on an anniversary tour of North America later this year.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revivalist
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But the parallel economy’s evangelists are betting that over the long haul, right-leaning countercultural businesses will be an enduring fixture of the American economy.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
17 July 2025
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The preacher, evangelist and motivational speaker attended the final day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships with a group that included his sister and four couples.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
16 July 2025
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Hersey, the secular son of high-Wasp missionaries to China, transferred an almost stern sense of morality to his work.—
Jane Mayer,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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Martindale grew up on farms in upstate New York and Indiana, the child of missionaries who later moved to rural China, according to a Wall Street Journal report.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
15 July 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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The chaplains had had difficulty finding a standard prayerbook that would match the varied needs and backgrounds of their congregants, most of whom have little knowledge of or familiarity with Jewish practice.—
Marla Brown Fogelman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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People who will work in schools might not be trained chaplains or professional chaplains – just people who call themselves a chaplain.—
Amy Lawton,
The Conversation,
11 Aug. 2025
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To my surprise, that’s where this story began: a monk’s sweet tooth and a nutritionist’s patience.—
Omaid Homayun,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In 1965, Snyder and his friend Philip Whalen had designed a hike in the Japanese mountain monk (yamabushi) tradition that followed a route with stations where the pilgrims stopped to chant from various Zen and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, something not only Buddhist but shamanic.—
Dennis McNally,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Solomon Kinloch, a progressive pastor, was on track to win the second spot.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Kinloch is a reverend and senior pastor at Triumph Church, while Jenkins is a former Detroit City Council member elected in 2009 who served one four-year term.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
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In many cases, the handler is simultaneously confessor, babysitter, psychologist, spiritual mentor and surrogate family member.—
Yossi Melman,
ProPublica,
7 Aug. 2025
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Forcing priests to divulge confessions, while exempting all manner of secular confessors, is rank religious discrimination.—
Dan McLaughlin,
National Review,
6 May 2025
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Explore medieval monastic ruins on Innisfallen Island, and immerse yourself in ancient silence.—
Andrea Bussell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 July 2025
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While the Thai Buddhism depicted in The White Lotus is not completely realistic, there are several authentic ways to engage deeply with Buddhism, ranging from offering donations to short meditation retreats to ordination as a monastic.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Revivalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revivalist. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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