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That would... kind of depend.
Revolvers are typically chambered for rimmed cartridges, like .38 Special, .44 Special .45 Colt, .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, etc, while exceedingly few semi-automatic pistols are chambered for these.

There's the Desert Eagle, but that's an outlier (and frankly, not a particularly practical combat weapon, even if it looks cool as shit), models exist in .357 and .44.
There's the Coonan, a 1911 derivative, which is chambered for .357, and can shoot .38 Special if you replace the recoil spring with a lighter one.
Colt has made some regular 1911 pistols chambered for .38 Special, but only wad-cutters (normal rounds wont fit), specifically as a target pistol.
There's just not many automatics that shoot revolver cartridges, most wouldn't find it worth the hassle.

Now, there's revolvers that can shoot cartridges meant for automatics, but typically, these require half-moon or full-moon clips for extraction, there's old US Army revolvers chambered for .45ACP, that use moon clips (made during WW2, to fill in gaps with non-frontline troops, due to shortage of 1911 pistols), there's also British Webley revolvers in .455 Webley, that have been "converted" to accept .45ACP cartridges in their cylinder (with modified Webley moon-clips), and it does work (but this was never safe, as .45ACP is many times higher in pressure than .455 Webley).
I know that .32ACP will fit in .32 caliber revolvers, and usually extract well, due to having a semi-rim.

Smith & Wesson currently is making a new revolver 9x19mm Parabellum, that uses moon clips (seven round cylinder, 5" half-lugged barrel, seems like a very nice little gun). Ruger has made single-action revolvers in .30 Carbine, without moon-clips, for what it's worth.
What remains is .22LR, for which automatics, revolvers, manual actions, and everything is made, but it's not a powerhouse of a round.

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