as in resurgences
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 revivals
Its team-building has undoubtedly been successful, and players such as Alanna Smith, Courtney Williams and McBride have either had career years or, at the very least, late-career revivals.
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Ben Pickman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Other revivals have come in 2009, with Bill Irwin and Nathan Lane, and in 2013, with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Beyond television, Chase has returned to his stage roots with roles in the Broadway revivals of Kiss Me, Kate (2019) and Once Upon a Mattress (2024).
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025
If brand revivals weren’t hard enough, Gur simultaneously launched an eponymous wearable art label, Avsh Alom Gur, which won the British Fashion Council’s prestigious NewGen award a record three times.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Previous Muppet Show revivals have tweaked the format for different eras.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Hart worked in both television and on Broadway, with her stage credits including the revivals of The Heiress (1976) and Design for Living (1984), as well as the premiere production of Tom Stoppard's 1977 play Dirty Linen & New-Found-Land, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
—Vandana Pawa, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Spinoffs, revivals and remakes have done far worse, with far better origins.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Foster most recently starred in the Broadway revivals of Once Upon a Mattress and The Music Man.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revivals
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Another common reason is annual resurgences around holidays.—
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Winners of nine of their last 11, the Braves have seen resurgences on offense from key players like Michael Harris II and Matt Olson.—
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Finding yourself after a heartbreak is one of the most beautiful transformations and rebirths there is in life.—
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From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.—
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“Revivals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revivals. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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