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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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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
But unbeknownst to Anthony, his arc is so tightly scripted that even the big confrontation that wraps up the season is one the cast has been rehearsing for months with a stand-in.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
If all goes according to plan during Orion's debut astronaut mission around the moon on Artemis 2, NASA plans to launch Artemis 3 to low Earth orbit (LEO) to rehearse rendezvous and docking maneuvers with either or both of the two lunar landers contracted for the Artemis program.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
This enables children to rehearse skills like helping, apologizing, or being inclusive in real-life situations and friendships.
—Hannah Silverman, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026
Hours earlier, Byrne and Rudolph rehearsed a bit for the show at the Dolby Theatre.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
If all goes according to plan during Orion's debut astronaut mission around the moon on Artemis 2, NASA plans to launch Artemis 3 to low Earth orbit (LEO) to rehearse rendezvous and docking maneuvers with either or both of the two lunar landers contracted for the Artemis program.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
This enables children to rehearse skills like helping, apologizing, or being inclusive in real-life situations and friendships.
—Hannah Silverman, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026
Hours earlier, Byrne and Rudolph rehearsed a bit for the show at the Dolby Theatre.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehearse
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This system of favoring certain chiefs and giving development projects to certain communities and not to others has strong parallels with the system practiced by oil companies in the region today.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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Making Robby pricklier and more unsympathetic shows how that damage can turn a leader who once exemplified collaboration and practiced encouragement into someone whose ideals are overshadowed by his trauma.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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Police released images of the suspect described as a man between 40 and 49 years of age, about 5-feet-9 to 5-feet-10, weighing about 150 pounds.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Liz’s view The world Fink describes is a less efficient and more expensive one.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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And the court said by repeating his intention not to talk, that's not an invocation of the right to remain silent.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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The arrangement repeated when weather issues threatened insurance coverage, and both men covered that cost too.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Most of the decisions that directly affect your life—your children’s schools, your roads, your water, your local courts—are made by state legislators and school board officials whose names most Americans cannot recite.—
Sharon McMahon,
Glamour,
25 Mar. 2026
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Importantly, someone does not need to be fluent in the spoken language to participate, just as many Jews can recite prayers, lists and songs in Hebrew and Aramaic without necessarily being able to communicate in those languages.—
Bryan Kirschen,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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Ivan Montijo, a b-boy breakdancer who teaches breakdancing to students in Stockton schools, told CBS Sacramento that this mural is a grassroots movement.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Southern Israel's main hospital received at least 175 wounded from Arad and Dimona, deputy director Roy Kessous told The Associated Press.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Parker, listed as 6-5 and 309 pounds, did the bulk of his testing in Indianapolis last month.—
Mike Kaye
March 24,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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Jalen Smith, who was listed as questionable after missing the Bulls' last game with an ankle injury, tied his season high in points and finished with six rebounds and two blocks off the bench despite being limited to 26 minutes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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An international version will be narrated by Rhys, who also voiced the first season.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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After vocal surgery forced her to pause for two years in late 2022, the irony isn't lost on Williams-Paisley that her comeback roles rely almost entirely on voice work narrating dispatcher calls and guiding viewers through the arcs of a reality show.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, Omnissa’s data didn’t detail exactly how many crashes both Windows and Mac computers suffered in absolute terms, only that Windows came in behind Macs.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2026
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The report detailed concerns about Caleb Elliott's hiring, including interactions involving his father, then-athletic director Bill Elliott, and school administrators.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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