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Recent Examples of dress rehearsal
The Dolphins have joint practices against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the team’s third preseason game — the first and only at Hard Rock Stadium — this Saturday at 7 p.m., which Miami will likely use as a dress rehearsal for the regular season.
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Omar Kelly
august 18, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2025
This test served as a dress rehearsal for the lunar rocket’s engine power.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
Remember those 'dress rehearsals' in the third game?
—Geoffrey Knox, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
This is really a dress rehearsal for Taiwan.
—NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
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Omar Kelly
august 18, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2025
This test served as a dress rehearsal for the lunar rocket’s engine power.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
Remember those 'dress rehearsals' in the third game?
—Geoffrey Knox, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
This is really a dress rehearsal for Taiwan.
—NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dress rehearsal
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The preview feature, available now for Pro subscribers on mobile, marks OpenAI's latest attempt to make ChatGPT proactive rather than reactive, with the AI model conducting overnight research to deliver morning updates based on user history and connected apps.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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This is a preview of the September 25 edition of Access Health—Tap here to get this newsletter delivered straight to your inbox.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Eugene plays the baritone horn and consistently performs at a high level during rehearsals and performances, Cane Ridge Director of Bands Johnny Croft said.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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Adriana should have understood that this was important to Julia and at least texted her after rehearsal to see how the event went.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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UAGateway’s principal, Kristina Dvorakovskaya, had conducted a dry run in which the staff figured out how to, in an emergency, redistribute 400 phones in about five minutes.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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Israel has intermittently launched such long-range airstrikes since July 2024, after a Houthi drone hit Tel Aviv, in combat missions that, especially in retrospect, served as dry runs for the June air war against Iran.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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After that, my goal is to relocate to a bigger city (London/Shanghai) to expand my commercial and personal practice while continuing this body of work.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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Transfer fee add-ons, or ‘contingent consideration’, to use accountancy lingo, can be accounted for in different ways, with three main practices used in the industry.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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