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
Swift retired the tradition in recent years, with the exception of a brief revival in 2023.
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Alicia Brunker,
InStyle,
3 July 2026
Crain started out at New Line and later worked on HBO’s Entourage before directing an LA revival of play The Boys in the Band.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
2 July 2026
The duo — who portrayed the youngest Tanner daughter, Michelle, on all eight seasons the beloved ABC sitcom — were two of the few stars not to reprise their role for the Netflix revival of the hit '90s show, Fuller House.
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Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 July 2026
As Sweetin explained, the revival show allowed the actors to say farewell to their characters.
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Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for revival
Alicia Brunker,
InStyle,
3 July 2026
Crain started out at New Line and later worked on HBO’s Entourage before directing an LA revival of play The Boys in the Band.
—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
2 July 2026
The duo — who portrayed the youngest Tanner daughter, Michelle, on all eight seasons the beloved ABC sitcom — were two of the few stars not to reprise their role for the Netflix revival of the hit '90s show, Fuller House.
—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 July 2026
As Sweetin explained, the revival show allowed the actors to say farewell to their characters.
—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revival
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Or, take advantage of its stretchy material and easily layer it over a white T-shirt to make a reliable basic feel new again, and lean into the 2000s resurgence trend.
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And for South Africa, that success is part of a continental soccer resurgence.
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For Martin, the only guy in the clubhouse to play for Tony La Russa, it’s been like a baseball rebirth.
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Fragments of email correspondence appear alongside bits of dialogue, histories of apocalyptic movements in Korea, and poems about the nature of time and the Bardo (the Tibetan Buddhist concept for the transitional period between death and rebirth).
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Each of Pennsylvania’s 2,562 municipalities maintains its own license requirements, each with its own exam, experience requirements, and renewal cycle, and no reciprocity between them.
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Allows the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue lifetime disabled parking permits, removing the current four-year renewal requirement, to people with a permanent dismemberment or an amputation (HB 961).
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“Revival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revival. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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