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Recent Examples of revivalist
As the war in Syria festers, Jordan has seen a proliferation of Islamist competitors, most notably the Salafis, who are followers of a strict, Sunni revivalist movement.
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David Schenker, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2013
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.
—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
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David Schenker, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2013
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revivalist
Noun
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Cleanliness is, allegedly, next to godliness, a phrase that has been attributed to 18th century evangelist and founder of the Methodist Church John Wesley, but it is thrown around as purposefully as a Bible verse, often being mistaken for one.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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In her travels with nuclear evangelists, Tuhus-Dubrow hears versions of this argument over and over.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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An American missionary, who helps with a medical clinic near the city of Mirebalais, described to Higgins on Wednesday the aftermath of the gangs’ attack in the city, 30 miles northeast of the capital and near another border crossing with the Dominican border.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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Al-Ahli was founded in 1882 by Anglican missionaries.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 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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Russell Myers recently retired after 31 years as a chaplain at Allina Health, serving United Hospital and Allina Health EMS.—
Russell N Myers,
Twin Cities,
25 Mar. 2025
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The police department’s 2021 annual report contains a photo of its chaplains and refers to La Guardia as the lead chaplain.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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Pope Francis 'dedicated himself to the service of others,' Dalai Lama says After taking a trip to Thailand in 2019, Francis welcomed a delegation of about 100 Buddhist monks from the Wat Phra Cetuphon temple in Bangkok in 2024, the Vatican News reported.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Imagination was key to the films that Hess made after Napoleon Dynamite: the soulful Nacho Libre, in which Jack Black as a novice monk and Lucha Libre fan gave a fully rounded characterization, and the ingenious fantasy-fiction parody Gentlemen Broncos.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Apr. 2025
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With dignity, but like any Christian, because the bishop of Rome is a pastor and a disciple, not a powerful man of this world.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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Giuliani was pastor at Fort Mill’s St. Philip Neri church for more than a quarter century, and also has pastored at St. Mary in Rock Hill and Divine Saviour in York.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 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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While the Thai Buddhism depicted in The White Lotus is not completely realistic, there are several authentic ways to engage deeply with Buddhism, ranging from offering donations to short meditation retreats to ordination as a monastic.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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While the Thai Buddhism depicted in The White Lotus is not completely realistic, there are several authentic ways to engage deeply with Buddhism, ranging from offering donations to short meditation retreats to ordination as a monastic.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Revivalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revivalist. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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