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a short performance to show the talents of someone (such as an actor or a musician) who is being considered for a role in a play, a position in an orchestra, etc.
Auditions will be held next week for the spring musical. He went to an audition for a new TV show.
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Recent Examples of audition
But when an audition for the sixth film came through, he was initially confused by the prospect of rejoining a franchise in which his character had already died.
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Kennedy French, Variety, 2 May 2026
The delay gave Maduko a long audition for the permanent job.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
Crimsonette hopefuls must also prepare that routine for auditions.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Eventually, though, both found themselves at a final audition.
—Barry Levitt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Kennedy French, Variety, 2 May 2026
The delay gave Maduko a long audition for the permanent job.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
Crimsonette hopefuls must also prepare that routine for auditions.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Eventually, though, both found themselves at a final audition.
—Barry Levitt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for audition
Noun
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Canvas is an application that allows students and faculty to virtually upload assignments, grade coursework and complete exams.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Most nursing school graduates are routinely approved, but over the past three years, the board has stopped hundreds of people with diplomas from Operation Nightingale schools from sitting for the exam.—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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The column gossiped about which journalists and pundits did not pass the new purity test.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Most programmes here include having a 3GL test upon arrival, to show how your body is metabolising its food which then allows the nutritionist to tailor make your meals which include two snacks between breakfast, lunch and dinner.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
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What this adaptation does offer is a deeper examination of genius as an existential burden in a society that enables others to co-opt it, monetize it, and use it as part of an agenda.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Dwinal-Palisch suggests that this shift encourages a more nuanced examination of how value circulates through the workforce.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Hawai’i is in the final for the fourth time in the past six years, having won the 2021 and 2022 titles before losing to UCLA in the 2023 title match.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Adding a gold medal to his nine NBA titles (four with the Warriors, one as a player), Kerr coaches the United States to a 98-87 win over host France in the men’s basketball final of the 2024 Olympics.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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And in the last five years, 35% of the students have placed in the top 10 for the Diocese’s placement test.—
Stephen Wilder,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 Mar. 2026
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The idea that students might score poorly on a placement test or get answers wrong in an algebra class was no surprise.—
Tammi Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Audition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/audition. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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