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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
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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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Instead of forcing women to accept their message, missionaries encouraged voluntary reform.—
Jenna Deep,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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Alfredo Sosa/Staff In 1830, likely seeing it as a means of survival, a Shawnee chief invited a missionary to the reservation to help educate members of his tribe in the ways of white Americans.—
Alfredo Sosa,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Mar. 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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Some floor aides and police officers also had to stay up all night to accommodate the speech, Senate chaplain Barry Black said.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2025
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For the premiere episode of the show’s final season, McBride came up with his most audacious stylistic detour yet: a stand-alone prologue set in 1862 that depicts one of the Gemstones’ ancestors conning his way into a chaplain position during the Civil War.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
9 Mar. 2025
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Now people see black horses with fiery eyes, monks high in the tree tops.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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While appearing on Live with Kelly and Mark on Monday, April 7, the 37-year-old podcast host and former Hindu monk discussed his most recent gig as a wedding officiant — because there's been more than one! — with Hudgens, 36, and Tucker, 28.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Patriarch and pastor, Solomon Jasper (Harry Lennix) and matriarch/sharp-minded lawyer Claudine (LaTanya Richardson Jackson) worked hard to instill a sense of purpose, faith, and legacy in their two sons, Junior (Glenn Davis) and Naz (Jon Michael Hill).—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Rooted in a rich history dating back to 1808, the church carries an iconic legacy, having welcomed patrons including André Leon Talley, freedom riders such as Samuel DeWitt Proctor, and pastors like Adam Clayton Powell Sr.—
Tiana Randall,
Vogue,
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 25 Apr. 2025.
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