as in resurgence
the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity
there was a revival of interest in the author's classic horror stories after a film version of his best-known tale was released
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Recent Examples of revival
Pinterest Predicts a revival in surrealism, with a 70% increase in searches for modern surrealism and a substantial rise in Salvador Dali aesthetic explorations.
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Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
Under Tim Dang’s intrepid direction, East West Players’ revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s mind-blowingly ambitious 1976 musical went off with pyrotechnic brilliance.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
This week's revival of Saturday Night's Main Event marks Ventura's return to his iconic role from the original 1980s broadcasts.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
While the film debuts almost a full decade into the American extreme right’s current revival, screenwriter Zach Baylin and producer Bryan Haas began developing the project back in 2016, before the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
Under Tim Dang’s intrepid direction, East West Players’ revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s mind-blowingly ambitious 1976 musical went off with pyrotechnic brilliance.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
This week's revival of Saturday Night's Main Event marks Ventura's return to his iconic role from the original 1980s broadcasts.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
While the film debuts almost a full decade into the American extreme right’s current revival, screenwriter Zach Baylin and producer Bryan Haas began developing the project back in 2016, before the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revival
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Suga Free is the latest Hip-Hop artist to offer their thoughts about the ongoing resurgence of West Coast Hip-Hop.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Read more Dengue Party Tray Recall Sparks Warning in 7 States This year's crisis is compounded by the resurgence of dengue serotype 3 in parts of Central America and the Caribbean, a strain not widely seen in over a decade, according to Thais dos Santos, PAHO's adviser on arboviral diseases.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Fabric of rebirth The iconic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is finally open to the public again after a devastating fire damaged it five years ago.AJ Willingham, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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This is the story of how Eric Jorgenson and the team at Scribe took a flatlining company and led it through a historic rebirth to recover its lost potential, restore its core values, and preserve the jobs of dozens of employees.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Owners announced their decision to shutter the rosy pink locale, citing difficulties in securing a long-term lease renewal.Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
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The latest outlet on that list is Max, under a distribution renewal reached in September by WBD and Charter.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Revival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revival. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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