revivalist

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for revivalist
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Noun
  • In this context, many advocates and evangelists across the tech industry argue that platform engineering offers a compelling way forward i.e. flexibility from above and below is the core mantra.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • These sources include letters to the English-language press, petitions to parliament, testimony in legal cases, and church publications from Christian evangelists ministering to Chinese Australians.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • His grandparents were Christian missionaries in Jamaica, which led to his mother rebelling against religion when she was sent to boarding school.
    Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • The story of tonic water starts in the 17th century, when Jesuit missionaries in the Andes discovered what local native healers already knew: the bark of the cinchona tree had healing properties.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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.
    al, al, 1 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • So a chaplain offers a blessing at the hotel venue, that Nabella may grow in wisdom, knowledge and grace, with love and faithfulness for her family and friends.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 6 July 2025
  • According to the American Legion, the origins of the triangular fold are unknown, but some sources attribute it to the Gold Star Mothers of America, or a chaplain stationed at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Eric-the-junkie had intoned to his even-then-passé parents, old-schoolers bent on building systems that would stick, that the monks were celebrating the ephemeral beauty of physical existence.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
  • Last month, in a rare meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the Tibetan monk reaffirmed his allegiance to the rule of the Communist Party and pledged to make his religion more Chinese – a tenet of Xi’s policy on religion.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church (GCC) in Sun Valley, California, has reportedly been hospitalized with pneumonia following years of health complications.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
  • Advertisement Religion, government, and power The ambitious Pentecostal pastor and televangelist Malafaia—considered a kingmaker, is among those religious leaders in Brazil who have amassed wealth and celebrity through their sermons.
    Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Forcing priests to divulge confessions, while exempting all manner of secular confessors, is rank religious discrimination.
    Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 May 2025
  • Specifically, the nuns pointed a finger at Urbain Grandier—a local priest and their confessor.
    Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Explore medieval monastic ruins on Innisfallen Island, and immerse yourself in ancient silence.
    Andrea Bussell, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
  • 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 30 Jul. 2025.

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