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rehearsed

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verb

past tense of rehearse
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as in practiced
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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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rehearsed
Adjective
Those closest to her, including Carl Dean, her husband of nearly sixty years, presumably knew some other Dolly, less rehearsed and likely deeper. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 And the deeper twist is that, for decades, even when the machines failed, humans often did, too—coming across as mechanical, rehearsed or generic. — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
Throughout the summer, the students rehearsed pieces in languages including Latin and German for Sing for Gold 2026, the World Choral Cup, scheduled for October. — Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Then, the set piece is rehearsed with stunt doubles to work out any issues before the actors come in for their own rehearsal. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026 Service that feels warm without being intrusive, attentive without ever appearing rehearsed. — Guy Bigiaoui, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 Chris Lindstrom didn’t have any lines rehearsed or even a direction planned for his pregame speech when the Falcons surrounded him shortly before kickoff Thursday night at Lambeau Field. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Used thoughtfully, these questions can prompt genuine reflection and uncover qualities that rehearsed answers won’t surface. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Keyboardist Ricky Tepperberg, who has rehearsed in the building for 30 years with the High Times Cannabis Cup Band and backed artists from Rita Marley to Robin Thicke, first made his way to a session there in 1985. — Gabe Kirchheimer, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026 But Liam, who has barely rehearsed, grows under the spotlight. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026 More than a year after the band fired, briefly reinstated and then fired its longtime drummer again, frontman Roger Daltrey says Starkey has rehearsed with the group for a possible return to the stage in Europe. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehearsed
Adjective
  • Persist toward Ithaca, but be prepared to correct your course as the winds and circumstances change.
    — Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In her first and only press briefing on Tuesday, a visibly nervous Zacharia spoke from prepared remarks for about 10 minutes before taking questions from just three outlets — Breitbart, Fox News and the Daily Mail — for another five.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • We grow practiced at defending art by describing its return on investment.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Before taking its first real steps, PhoneBot practiced in a virtual world using reinforcement learning – essentially trial and error with a scorecard.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Roger Davis, who manages the airborne strategic command and communications program, described the delivery as an important milestone.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Levine described being overtaken by a group of attackers, hit and knocked to the ground.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • When isolated issues in other states occur, even if proved untrue, the intense and repeated national media attention on them shakes voter confidence here at home.
    — Heather LaMarre, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers repeated this process dozens of times for both the cysteine and zinc proteases.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In Lima, Peruvians crossed themselves and recited the rosary before a life-size silicone statue of the pontiff outside a church.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The operation got underway as medical staff recited the Rosary prayer in the hospital chapel Tuesday evening.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Prosecutors say Lavi Pham and James Salerno, middle-school friends who are now co-defendants, should be convicted of first-degree murder, felony murder by rape and premeditated murder, as well as first-degree kidnapping and concealing a death.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In 1842, the appellate court reduced the offense from a premeditated breach of duty to a negligent one, acquitted Ebel of founding a sect, and quashed his confinement.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Others have been buried by the migrants themselves, but they won't be added to the official count until authorities can verify the bodies, Alexandre Coissac, IOM Chief of Mission in Djibouti, told the Associated Press via the phone.
    — JAMEY KEATEN, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Rahadian says he was drawn to a story of motherhood told through children whose mother was missing from their lives, set in a moment when a person’s citizenship could be taken away suddenly, by force and without warning.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • None of the stores surveyed by WWD listed Calvin Klein among their favorite collections during the recent New York Fashion Week.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • That 400-acre farm near Barnard, initially listed for $29 million, is now priced at $25 million.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Rehearsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehearsed. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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