dress rehearsal

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Recent Examples of dress rehearsal After a few minutes of standing around, the dress rehearsal begins. Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025 The dress rehearsal Simpson, a redshirt junior getting his first crack at starting, is one of four FBS quarterbacks who have thrown at least 10 touchdowns without an interception this season. Dane Brugler, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 Once the looks are done, the dress rehearsal is where the hair team previews the looks in motion before making adjustments. Essence, 9 Sep. 2025 And this final dress rehearsal featured a strong performance by Simmons. Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dress rehearsal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dress rehearsal
Noun
  • Sales on the first day of Frieze, otherwise known as the VIP preview slot, proved to be promising, totaling more than 6 million pounds.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • One artist amped up about this groundbreaking setup is Finneas O’Connell, also on hand for the preview.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • New administrative offices, technical, rehearsal and storage facilities are completed.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Marines and event organizers rebutted, stating that the exercises were routine and that safety precautions were taken, noting that rehearsals, medical, fire, and emergency assets were in place.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The younger Harrison has already experienced this Indiana trip, a dry run of sorts.
    Doug Haller, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Discussions have been held about dividing Madrid’s football operations from their business operations and letting speculators invest in the latter — although how (or if) that would work in practice is a moot point.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In recent years, safety concerns have been raised at the plant, which faced federal fines several years ago related to workplace safety practices, according to federal records.
    Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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