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Recent Examples of revivalist
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.
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Walden Green, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025
Directed by Shakespeare revivalist veteran Sam Gold, the play offers a modern take on the tragedy while including musicial moments to show off Zegler’s vocal range.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
With neo-soul producer Leon Michels behind the boards, Clairo furthers her shift from bedroom-pop darling to Brill Building revivalist.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
As the war in Syria festers, Jordan has seen a proliferation of Islamist competitors, most notably the Salafis, who are followers of a strict, Sunni revivalist movement.
—David Schenker, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2013
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Walden Green, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025
Directed by Shakespeare revivalist veteran Sam Gold, the play offers a modern take on the tragedy while including musicial moments to show off Zegler’s vocal range.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
With neo-soul producer Leon Michels behind the boards, Clairo furthers her shift from bedroom-pop darling to Brill Building revivalist.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
As the war in Syria festers, Jordan has seen a proliferation of Islamist competitors, most notably the Salafis, who are followers of a strict, Sunni revivalist movement.
—David Schenker, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revivalist
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Both see themselves as ex-athletes: Textor was a good snowboarder and skateboarder in his youth; Al-Khelaifi was Qatar’s best tennis player and is now a padel evangelist.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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This approach acknowledges a fundamental truth that the autonomous AI evangelists ignore: AI without natural intelligence is like building a Porsche and giving it to people without a driver's license.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Prevost spent two decades as a missionary and bishop in Peru and would well know those arguments.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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When the Catholic and Anglican churches began sending waves of missionaries to the legendary islands in the nineteenth century, their interactions with native populations produced more stories of biblical heritage, which local preachers passed down from generation to generation.—
Pete McKenzie,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 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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Their claims led federal prosecutors to indict eight former prison officials — including a former warden and a chaplain — on a slew of charges.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
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Members of Congress regularly invite guest chaplains to deliver prayers Miller’s post sparked bipartisan condemnation.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
6 June 2025
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The ceremony, where Tucker and Hudgens exchanged personalized vows, was officiated by former monk Jay Shetty.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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The Trappist monk Thomas Merton describes a similar experience on the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, on a rare occasion when leaving his cloistered monastery.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The fan is just one of many sent to the church in recent days after its pastor, Village Trustee Randall White, publicized the plight of residents trying to survive nearly 100-degree temperatures without the benefit of working air conditioners.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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Patrick Moses, pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church and 2024 Democratic candidate for sheriff, is running to fill the unexpired term of Crystal Gayden.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 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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Specifically, the nuns pointed a finger at Urbain Grandier—a local priest and their confessor.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2024
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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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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 9 Jul. 2025.
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