revisionary
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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This is the achievement of the Clark’s sumptuous, revisionary “Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth.”
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023
That’s why “we can’t ever push the revisionary envelope too far.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 25, 2018
Gaggle's revival of The Dark and the Brilliant is an ephemeral, revisionary, consciously political music-making process – and it's one that's being undertaken without a finishing line in sight.
From The Guardian • Dec. 6, 2010
In many ways, this is a revisionary study for those who already know their Larkin.
From Washington Post
Before re-appraising the names it is pertinent to recall that Howell's paper in 1906 on Spilogale was only the second revisionary paper that he prepared.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
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