revival
noun
re·viv·al ri-ˈvī-vəl 
1
2
: restoration of force, validity, or effect (as to a contract)
Examples of revival in a Sentence
a revival of biographical writing a revival in Gothic architecture Fashions from the 1970s are enjoying a revival. The city is showing signs of revival. There are three musical revivals on Broadway this season. The opera company is staging a revival of Verdi's Don Carlos.
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Tony winner Sam Gold (Fun Home, Romeo + Juliet, An Enemy of the People) is attached to direct a Broadway revival of the Tennessee Williams masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for spring 2027, producer Seaview announced today. —
Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026 Casting and exact dates have not yet been announced, but the plan is to bring the revival to Broadway in spring 2027. —Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 The Big East has steadied its membership, since the conference’s revival, by adding Butler, Creighton and Xavier, luring UConn back to its rightful home, winning four men’s basketball national championships, four women’s hoops titles and now operating out of the Empire State Building. —Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026 Director Scott Ellis understands all this, and thus the admirably specific physical business and slurred verbosity in his gently outré revival really makes for quite the amusing diversion. —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for revival
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026 Casting and exact dates have not yet been announced, but the plan is to bring the revival to Broadway in spring 2027. —Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 The Big East has steadied its membership, since the conference’s revival, by adding Butler, Creighton and Xavier, luring UConn back to its rightful home, winning four men’s basketball national championships, four women’s hoops titles and now operating out of the Empire State Building. —Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026 Director Scott Ellis understands all this, and thus the admirably specific physical business and slurred verbosity in his gently outré revival really makes for quite the amusing diversion. —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for revival
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“Revival.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/revival. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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revival
noun
re·viv·al ri-ˈvī-vəl
1
: a reviving of interest (as in art, literature, or religion)
2
: a new presentation or publication (as of a book, play, or movie)
3
: a new growth or increase
a revival of business
4
: a meeting or series of meetings conducted by a preacher to arouse religious emotions or to make converts
Legal Definition
revival
noun
re·vi·val ri-ˈvī-vəl
: an act or instance of reviving
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