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Recent Examples of dress rehearsal
Wet dress rehearsal testing will be carved up into runs, with the first occurring 49 hours ahead of the target test T-0 time with teams getting called to their launch support stations running down to T-90 seconds.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Four astronauts in training to fly around the moon early next year strapped into their Orion spacecraft this weekend for a dress rehearsal countdown in a major milestone toward launch.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
The vehicle will then undergo static fire tests and a wet dress rehearsal before launch.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
As a kid, I was ensorcelled by The American President, Sorkin’s 1995 film, the dress rehearsal for The West Wing four years later, and the beginning of his lifelong flirtation with civic virtue — and, inadvertently, my profession studying presidents.
—Alexis Coe, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Four astronauts in training to fly around the moon early next year strapped into their Orion spacecraft this weekend for a dress rehearsal countdown in a major milestone toward launch.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
The vehicle will then undergo static fire tests and a wet dress rehearsal before launch.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
As a kid, I was ensorcelled by The American President, Sorkin’s 1995 film, the dress rehearsal for The West Wing four years later, and the beginning of his lifelong flirtation with civic virtue — and, inadvertently, my profession studying presidents.
—Alexis Coe, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
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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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Then hydrogen leaks arose during the third rehearsal, which led to NASA not only changing the way in which liquid hydrogen is loaded, but also modifying the ground umbilical plates that send power, coolant, fuel and communications to the rocket, according to Blackwell-Thompson.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The replaceable battery is suitable for long jamming sessions or rehearsals.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
23 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 30 Jan. 2026.
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