1
as in to practice
to do over and over so as to become skilled
the orchestra rehearsed the symphony until they finally got it to the conductor's satisfaction
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2
as in to describe
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
wrote a letter to the management rehearsing in lurid detail our terrible stay at their hotel
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as in to repeat
to say or state again
rehearsed her story about why she was late as she walked into the meeting
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as in to recite
to specify one after another
rehearsed the list of things he wanted for his birthday so that there would be no doubt in my mind
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Recent Examples of rehearse
Revonsuo proposed that dreaming itself is an ancient biological defense mechanism, shaped by natural selection to rehearse threat perception and avoidance during sleep.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Precious Okoyomon invited Okwui and I to come to Rome to rehearse and develop the piece.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026
It is named often these days in the list of villages rehearsed on the news.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
It was rehearsed for a very, very long time in this very intimate way.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Precious Okoyomon invited Okwui and I to come to Rome to rehearse and develop the piece.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026
It is named often these days in the list of villages rehearsed on the news.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
It was rehearsed for a very, very long time in this very intimate way.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehearse
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Ahead of its next match in the FIFA Men's World Cup, team Haiti was running drills and practicing at Stockton University on Tuesday.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Even if a few stumbles and missteps are an inevitable part of practicing this kind of communication, developing deep connections is too important not to try.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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The offender is described as an African-American man between 40-45 years of age, weighing 180-200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray/black baseball cap, a light blue shirt, gray pants, and black gym shoes.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
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Speaking on the achievement, Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier described the maiden flight as an important milestone for the company.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
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Already on Friday, some Labour MPs were repeating their calls for Starmer to step down even though Burnham himself shied away from explicitly referencing his leadership ambitions.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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Consistency is the accumulation of decisions, habits, and behaviors repeated over a long duration of time.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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His grandfather would get drunk and would recite this poem.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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Hakon Grottland can still recite his opening assessment of an 11-year-old Martin Odegaard.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Multiple officers got out of their vehicles, repeatedly telling the driver and a passenger to get out of the car, police said.—
Jenna DeAngelis,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
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Collett reveals that he was told back in Season 1 that his run on the show would last only two seasons.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
22 June 2026
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The Victorian-style building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and this side of the resort directly fronting Cape Cod Bay is known collectively as The Mansion.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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Arraez was the only Giants player listed among the top five candidates at a position, or top 10 for outfield, on the update.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
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Farrell, who also narrates in a soft voice, often wears a look of shy incomprehension, as if a beat behind in translating the world around him, a stranger in a strange land.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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This work by Helen Cammock, which was commissioned in 2023 and has been on temporary display at the NPG since September 2025, is created and narrated by the artist and includes her personal reflections on historical and current events.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
18 June 2026
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As detailed by Zachary Folk of Forbes, Brunson signed with the Knicks in 2022 for more than $104 million—a bargain for a future Finals MVP when superstars like Nikola Jokic were signing contracts worth up to $276 million.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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As a commentary in Thursday’s Opinion section detailed, polls show about half of Americans are deeply skeptical of the data centers springing up across the nation to supply the immense electricity needs of the rapidly booming artificial intelligence economy.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 June 2026
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“Rehearse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehearse. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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