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
That shift could change everything from how nurses train to how surgeons rehearse complex procedures.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
Each episode is 75 minutes long and will be written and rehearsed the week of broadcast before being filmed live in front of a studio audience.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Jesse Peretz, the director of that episode, rehearsed with Sarah and Paul on weekends.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
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.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
Each episode is 75 minutes long and will be written and rehearsed the week of broadcast before being filmed live in front of a studio audience.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Jesse Peretz, the director of that episode, rehearsed with Sarah and Paul on weekends.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
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.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehearse
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Worth the trip Christian Brothers flew to San Diego on Friday, practiced at Hoover High School on Saturday, toured San Diego State’s Tony Gwynn Stadium, then went to the Tigers-Padres games.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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He's added a test flight in orbit around Earth to practice docking with lunar landers before they're used to put astronauts on the moon.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2026
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Rabbi Irwin Kula, the panel’s moderator, asked the participants to describe their biggest fear or nightmare.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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In 2024, Contra Costa County investigators searched a ravine and found the ladder Matthew Muller described using to climb into a family's house weeks after the March 2015 attack on Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 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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One of them told Felder that the precinct had received a complaint about a trespasser at the synagogue.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Minnesota victim wants accountability After she was injured, Stotko told the city council in her community of Hastings, Minnesota, about her crash to push for a stricter ordinance.—
Sarah Raza,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Per 247Sports, the Golden Eagles star is listed as a top-15 running back in the nation.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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On Monday, March 30 Augusta National Golf Club updated the field for the Masters and Woods remained as listed in the field.—
Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 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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“Rehearse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehearse. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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