: a usually cursory reading, summary, or rehearsal
ran through; run through; running through; runs through
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Examples of run-through in a Sentence
Verb
before I knew what was happening, the thug had run through me with a knife
how did you manage to run through $300 in one day?
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Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
At the handful of Moon Safari performances so far this year, Air has opened with a complete run-through of the 10-song album, followed by a 10 other tracks spanning its discography.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Mar. 2024
Both are on their way to the Westside Theatre stage for their first top-to-bottom run-through, taking over the complicated but beloved characters based on Roger Corman’s 1960 horror comedy and deftly adapted for the stage by theater legends Howard Ashman (book and lyrics) and Alan Menken (music).
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2024
The Eras tour concert film, which captured a straight run-through of the three-hour-long show, opened to $92.8 million in North America.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2023
In Scott’s second run-through, his gestures did seem more vigorous.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
The National’s performance began with a complete run-through of the 2010 album High Violet, its commercial breakthrough and highest charting release to that point in its career (No. 3 on the Billboard 200).
—Jonathan Cohen, Spin, 16 Sep. 2023
At a rehearsal on Thursday, as Wilson led the orchestra into a breakneck run-through of the Beethoven’s second movement, the two first-desk bass players, Nazarii Stets and Ivan Zavgorodniy, bounced along to the rhythm with broad smiles on their faces.
—Ben Miller, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
The ceremonial run-through, known as the Colonel’s Review, is its own spectacle and draws its own crowds and camera crews.
—Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 12 July 2023
Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Supervised convoys have been running through the area ever since.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
That combination – the personal, the universal – runs through many tiles.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
The ozone high pollution warning runs through 9:15 p.m. April 17.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
But the only American rapper to play a sub-headlining set on main or Outdoor was Lil Uzi Vert, who on Friday night ran through cacophonous arrangements of their songs against a backdrop that reached for a punkish edge but wound up somewhere in the middle of a mall.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 15 Apr. 2024
Reitman's career runs through several generations of Milwaukee music.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2024
The Russian River runs through Mendocino and Sonoma counties.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 14 Apr. 2024
Once in orbit, the Space Force will use the two spacecraft to run through scenarios that could be perceived as threatening in space, whether that be a satellite aiming to destroy a U.S. spacecraft or spying on a U.S. military satellite in an attempt to gather intel.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
Noun
The Academy Awards is the only award ceremony that actually requires presenters to attend a run-through prior to the live show.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
At the handful of Moon Safari performances so far this year, Air has opened with a complete run-through of the 10-song album, followed by a 10 other tracks spanning its discography.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Mar. 2024
Both are on their way to the Westside Theatre stage for their first top-to-bottom run-through, taking over the complicated but beloved characters based on Roger Corman’s 1960 horror comedy and deftly adapted for the stage by theater legends Howard Ashman (book and lyrics) and Alan Menken (music).
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2024
The Eras tour concert film, which captured a straight run-through of the three-hour-long show, opened to $92.8 million in North America.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2023
In Scott’s second run-through, his gestures did seem more vigorous.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
The National’s performance began with a complete run-through of the 2010 album High Violet, its commercial breakthrough and highest charting release to that point in its career (No. 3 on the Billboard 200).
—Jonathan Cohen, Spin, 16 Sep. 2023
At a rehearsal on Thursday, as Wilson led the orchestra into a breakneck run-through of the Beethoven’s second movement, the two first-desk bass players, Nazarii Stets and Ivan Zavgorodniy, bounced along to the rhythm with broad smiles on their faces.
—Ben Miller, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
The ceremonial run-through, known as the Colonel’s Review, is its own spectacle and draws its own crowds and camera crews.
—Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 12 July 2023
Verb
The league’s collective bargaining agreement runs through 2027, but has an option for renegotiation at the end of 2024, Bloomberg reports.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Supervised convoys have been running through the area ever since.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
That combination – the personal, the universal – runs through many tiles.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
The ozone high pollution warning runs through 9:15 p.m. April 17.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
But the only American rapper to play a sub-headlining set on main or Outdoor was Lil Uzi Vert, who on Friday night ran through cacophonous arrangements of their songs against a backdrop that reached for a punkish edge but wound up somewhere in the middle of a mall.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 15 Apr. 2024
Reitman's career runs through several generations of Milwaukee music.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2024
The Russian River runs through Mendocino and Sonoma counties.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 14 Apr. 2024
Once in orbit, the Space Force will use the two spacecraft to run through scenarios that could be perceived as threatening in space, whether that be a satellite aiming to destroy a U.S. spacecraft or spying on a U.S. military satellite in an attempt to gather intel.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
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“Run-through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run-through. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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