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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Remember those 'dress rehearsals' in the third game?
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Geoffrey Knox, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
The Asian Games would provide an ample dress rehearsal.
—Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
But, the experience of having a sketch get axed in the dress rehearsal is nothing compared to it getting cut in the table read for the episode, according to the group, who told the outlet that fighting for their sketch isn't even worth it at that point.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 17 June 2025
Figures 4 shows Jakob Jordan (playing the lead role of the son, Kitsune, in Sensorium Ex) practicing with the sensor board and in dress rehearsals.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Geoffrey Knox, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
The Asian Games would provide an ample dress rehearsal.
—Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
But, the experience of having a sketch get axed in the dress rehearsal is nothing compared to it getting cut in the table read for the episode, according to the group, who told the outlet that fighting for their sketch isn't even worth it at that point.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 17 June 2025
Figures 4 shows Jakob Jordan (playing the lead role of the son, Kitsune, in Sensorium Ex) practicing with the sensor board and in dress rehearsals.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dress rehearsal
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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