dress rehearsal
noun
1
: a full rehearsal (as of a play) in costume and with stage properties shortly before the first performance
2
: a practice exercise for something to come : dry run
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This one felt like a preseason dress rehearsal game for the Heat, which tightened its rotation to nine players for Friday’s first half.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
The Lakers will use Friday's preseason finale against the Sacramento Kings as a dress rehearsal with their fully healthy rotation, per Redick.
—Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
But this Tuesday was closer and closer to a dress rehearsal, as Denver’s starters played into the second half of the team’s only home preseason game.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
After the dress rehearsal, there is around an hour until showtime for contestants to get final hair and makeup touches or to go over any dancing mishaps.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
The Lakers will use Friday's preseason finale against the Sacramento Kings as a dress rehearsal with their fully healthy rotation, per Redick.
—Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
But this Tuesday was closer and closer to a dress rehearsal, as Denver’s starters played into the second half of the team’s only home preseason game.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
After the dress rehearsal, there is around an hour until showtime for contestants to get final hair and makeup touches or to go over any dancing mishaps.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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