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Recent Examples of evangelist
Every governor is an evangelist for his or her state.
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
He was born in 1936 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and his father was a traveling evangelist.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Other college football coaches often gesture at this hierarchy; Swinney conveys it with an evangelist’s zeal.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Niebla is a biomechanical evangelist.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
He was born in 1936 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and his father was a traveling evangelist.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Other college football coaches often gesture at this hierarchy; Swinney conveys it with an evangelist’s zeal.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Niebla is a biomechanical evangelist.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evangelist
Noun
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The university where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in Utah is set to hold a vigil on its campus, school officials confirmed.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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In the days following his killing, conservative activist Charlie Kirk has, in a sense, become all things to all people.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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The story of two mismatched missionaries spreading the gospel won nine Tony Awards in 2011, including for best musical.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
16 Sep. 2025
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Muslim traders and missionaries began traveling to Hausa lands in the twelfth century, and much of the society gradually converted to Islam.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Sep. 2025
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By turning a blind eye to scalpers, even giving them the tools to bypass limits and harvest tickets, Live Nation has acted as the promoter, the primary ticket seller, the artists’ manager, and the scalper.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Sep. 2025
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For starters, radio promoters and DJs did start playing female artists back to back, and Erykah Badu, Queen Latifah, and Jill Scott went on to found the R&B and hip-hop touring festival Sugar Water, which ran from 2005 to 2006.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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For Byrne, an apostle of euphoria, all this giddiness seems fitting.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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The 9th-century monastery rises from the plateau—its stone walls etched with faded medieval frescoes of apostles and Last Judgement scenes.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 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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While no appeal has been filed yet, Venezuelan advocates and attorneys anticipate the case could eventually reach the Supreme Court, potentially setting a precedent not only for Venezuelans under TPS but also for other nations receiving similar protections.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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Here, the great theatrical advocate of wisdom-through-argument admits that argument itself has treacherous ramifications.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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Julie Beavers, a chaplain with the Sacramento Area Fire Chaplaincy, was at home with her three children, then aged 2, 4 and 6.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Colleagues described a popular chaplain with nicknames for the tiny patients and soothing words for their bleary-eyed parents.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Evangelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evangelist. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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