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Recent Examples of dress rehearsal
As the name suggests, the dress rehearsal checks all procedures and systems up to just before launch.
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Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
Wet dress rehearsals ahead Standing at 322-feet tall, the SLS ‒ built by Boeing and Northrop Grumman ‒ is one of the largest active rockets in the world.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Only when the wet dress rehearsal goes perfectly can a final countdown to launch begin.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The wet dress rehearsal will allow mission managers to evaluate how the rocket’s systems work together in real-world environments and will give engineers the opportunity to check for fuel leaks or other technical issues.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 17 Jan. 2026
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Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
Wet dress rehearsals ahead Standing at 322-feet tall, the SLS ‒ built by Boeing and Northrop Grumman ‒ is one of the largest active rockets in the world.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Only when the wet dress rehearsal goes perfectly can a final countdown to launch begin.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The wet dress rehearsal will allow mission managers to evaluate how the rocket’s systems work together in real-world environments and will give engineers the opportunity to check for fuel leaks or other technical issues.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 17 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dress rehearsal
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In June 2024, two months before the premiere of It Ends With Us, an unfinished preview of the film was shown at East Texas author Colleen Hoover’s Book Bonanza in Grapevine.—
Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Below, Billboard Family has an exclusive preview of his musical appearance.—
Katie Atkinson,
Billboard,
27 Jan. 2026
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Back in November when the Grammy nominations came out, Ryan was in the middle of rehearsal for an opera in New York when Heggie texted him a screenshot of the Grammy website.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2026
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That day, she was meant to be at rehearsal, preparing to return to the stage with Danity Kane, the band Combs himself formed in 2005 on the reality series Making the Band.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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In short, the conflict contained a dry run for a potential chemical attack.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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In retrospect, Kinetta feels like a dry run for Lanthimos, with all the droll affectation of his later provocations but little of the allegorical power or lunatic comedy that would distinguish them.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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That judicial warrant is a court order, said Ian Macdonald, an attorney and partner in the labor and employment practice of Greenberg Traurig LLP.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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The strike is based on an unfair labor practice charge filed by the National Union of Healthcare Workers against the two Kindred hospitals.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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