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Recent Examples of revivalist
The vallenato revivalist was recently honored as the 2024 Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy in Miami.
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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
Screamin’ Scott Simon, the dynamic keyboard player for rock and roll revivalists Sha Na Na for more than 50 years, has died.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
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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
Screamin’ Scott Simon, the dynamic keyboard player for rock and roll revivalists Sha Na Na for more than 50 years, has died.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revivalist
Noun
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In 1 John 1:5, John, the evangelist, writes that God is light with no darkness.—
Judy Holmes,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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He was joined by Gov. Josh Stein, First Lady Melania Trump, members of North Carolina’s Congressional delegation, evangelist Franklin Graham, state Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, state House Speaker Destin Hall and other members of the North Carolina House.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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He was devastated when his son ditched medical school after being indoctrinated into his church and was inspired to become a missionary.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2025
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Image Foreign Christian missionaries have kept their distance from Kosovo’s conversion campaign.—
Fatjona Mejdini,
New York Times,
4 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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Until recently, only a Department of Corrections chaplain could join an execution team in the death chamber.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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School chaplain bill fails in Senate A bill aimed at authorizing public schools to employ or accept as a volunteer a school chaplain fell short of clearing the Arkansas Senate on Tuesday.—
Michael R. Wickline,
arkansasonline.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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The devil will persist in bothering Martin Luther until the bald-headed monk dispatches him by hurling a bottle of ink.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The monks do as recommended, practicing loving-kindness meditation for several weeks.—
Jeremy David Engels,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
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Thank you to all the pastors, evangelists and artists of the kingdom who volunteered for this surprise party.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
8 Feb. 2025
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In 2011, White-Cain became the senior pastor at the New Destiny Christian Church in Apopka, Florida.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 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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