revivalist

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Recent Examples of revivalist At some point, Chicago bop revivalist Thirteendegrees ° randomly pops up and performs a few songs off his mixtape Clique City Vol. 2. Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 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 Ginuwine, here on behalf of a gun violence prevention group, is this year's most beloved revivalist. Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for revivalist
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Noun
  • And, Rwanda does not present itself as a nuclear evangelist.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, has become an evangelist of a certain sort.
    Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The 90-minute film charts the different phases of the King’s life as an environmental missionary, and delves into his passion for the natural world and its protection, which started long before this became a mainstream concern, as his spokesman put it.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
  • By the mid-sixties and seventies, Unification missionaries were flooding Japan.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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
  • In Washington, the House of Representatives interrupted its session and the chaplain prayed for the astronauts.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
  • After the governor’s mansion was firebombed last year, hours after the Shapiro family had held their Passover seder, an elderly fire-department chaplain named John Wardle handed Shapiro a handwritten prayer.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • As a young religious, Bishop-elect Lombardo did missionary work in Bolivia and Honduras.
    Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • Now on its 67th day and passing through metro Atlanta, the group's schedule included reflections from a metro Atlanta monk originally part of the journey.
    Nakell Williams, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The family had been relying on food and water delivery from a local pastor.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The pastor told Lemon and the others to leave the church.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 1 Feb. 2026.

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