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Recent Examples of revivalist
Best revivalists: Green Day at Wrigley Field, Aug. 13
The once-novel idea of an artist performing a signature album in its entirety has become as ubiquitous as the $50 concert T-shirt.
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2024
The vallenato revivalist was recently honored as the 2024 Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy in Miami.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2024
Most producers settle in and stop evolving at some point, developing a recognizable sound, but Jones was never one to get stuck in the past and dismissed as a revivalist, which helps explain why he was involved with Number One singles in three different decades.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
His grandfather ran a Hindu martial arts training center, called an akhara, while his grandmother was the local head of the women’s wing of Arya Samaj, a Hindu revivalist movement that started in 1875 and has converted thousands of Christians and Muslims to Hinduism.
—Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2024
The vallenato revivalist was recently honored as the 2024 Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy in Miami.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2024
Most producers settle in and stop evolving at some point, developing a recognizable sound, but Jones was never one to get stuck in the past and dismissed as a revivalist, which helps explain why he was involved with Number One singles in three different decades.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
His grandfather ran a Hindu martial arts training center, called an akhara, while his grandmother was the local head of the women’s wing of Arya Samaj, a Hindu revivalist movement that started in 1875 and has converted thousands of Christians and Muslims to Hinduism.
—Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revivalist
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Even the most hardcore manual transmission evangelists will concede that hybrid supercars are an exceptional driving experience, and, obviously, a more modern one, because technology doesn’t have much time for nostalgia.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2025
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Liang has become the Sam Altman of China – an evangelist for AI technology and investment in new research.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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There were even some splits between missionaries and their sponsor churches stateside, where many congregants were attracted to Mr. Trump’s vow to give Christians power in his administration.—
Elizabeth Dias,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Gad originated the role of Elder Cunningham alongside Andrew Rannells' Elder Price in a satiric look at two young missionaries' misguided attempts to spread the gospel in a small Ugandan village.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 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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Among those Francis recognized this week as being one day potentially worthy of sainthood was Emil Joseph Kapaun, an American chaplain who served with the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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The airport said Tuesday chaplains were available on-site.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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He is called upon by a monk from a secretive temple to protect a powerful child from a corrupt master, forcing him to confront his inner demons.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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Portly monks, mischievous monkeys, witches and angels.—
Corina Knoll,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Mayall also served as a pastor for the St. Joseph Parish in Wilmette from July 2016 to December 2018, according to a separate letter sent Saturday to the Saints Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Barbee also worked as a full-time youth pastor at a Los Angeles church from 1999 to 2004, according to his LinkedIn profile.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Feb. 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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Its main purpose is not the creation of aesthetic beauty out of the materials at hand (life, pain) but selfishness: relieving the confessor’s desire to confess.—
Lauren Oyler,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2024
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Buddhist organizations, whose members are also known to skew older, have been trying to connect with younger people by updating the image of monastics, usually known for their no-nonsense asceticism.—
Koh Ewe,
TIME,
13 May 2024
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Over the past 2,000 years, Buddhist teachings have encountered distortions and alterations due to mistranslation and misinterpretation of Buddha-dharma by Buddhist patriarchs, eminent monastics, and Buddhist scholars.—
Jon Stojan,
USA TODAY,
25 July 2023
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“Revivalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revivalist. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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