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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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My favorite is the Glasting Color Gloss, which has a reflective shine, a weightless feel, and long-lasting color that flatters everyone and makes everyone an evangelist for the line.—
Charlotte Cho,
Allure,
3 Jan. 2026
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Billy Graham, the evangelist who became a counselor to presidents and a global religious figure, grew up on a dairy farm in Charlotte, and this library and museum tells his story in the context of the city and region that shaped him.—
Bill Bootz,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Throughout these heady, expansive years, a gallery of governors, missionaries, and traders fed Madrid a steady stream of intelligence on the fabulous yet still mostly mysterious Chinese Empire.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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Think of the Christian missionary who wonders why her prospective African converts have never heard of Jesus.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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There were heartfelt tributes, proclamations, poetry, and a blessing from our chaplain.—
Norman B. Gildin,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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Latif is the executive director and co-founder of the Islamic Center of New York City, and was appointed a New York City Police Department chaplain in 2007.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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He had been dressed as a monk for Halloween weekend, with a hooded robe, but Rachel Kelly said he was found shirtless in his sweatpants.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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Writing about 200 years after Fibonacci, the monk Luca Pacioli (who taught mathematics to both Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer) described the ‘Italian’ approach to bookkeeping.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Scott Venable, lead pastor of Northwood Church in Keller, said the city has never been at risk of being governed by sharia or any other foreign laws.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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This intrepid empire builder is married to the pastor, and not here to make friends.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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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 11 Jan. 2026.
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