dress rehearsal

noun

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Recent Examples of dress rehearsal The Pensacola Beach Air Show events continued as scheduled on Thursday with a practice performance by the Blue Angels, and will be followed with a dress rehearsal on Friday, July 17, and the official air show on Saturday, July 18. — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 Back in Michaels’s Studio 60–esque office between dress rehearsal and the live show, Michaels asked what Bargatze was thinking. — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 4 July 2026 Treat Colorado as the dress rehearsal, not the sideshow. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026 Goalkeeper Patrick Beach made an important stop late in the first half, one of two saves on the afternoon, and Australia avoided the second goal that might have turned the match into a comfortable Swiss dress rehearsal. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dress rehearsal
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  1. preview
  2. rehearsal
  3. dry run
  4. practice
Noun
  • The Manchester City documentary offered an insightful preview of this summer, one in which Arsenal are the only top-six club not to have changed manager since the start of last season.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • These leaks, which include several maps, video from a gas station and a car wash, come just days before the game is set to have an exclusive preview on Netflix.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • North Korea has long condemned such joint exercises as rehearsals for invasion.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Washington and Seoul say their drills are defensive in nature, but North Korea calls them an invasion rehearsal and often reacts with weapons tests.
    — Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of rehearsal
Noun
  • The war in Iran may be thought of as a mini dry run for a larger problem.
    — Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Practicing the routine before the first bell If your child is heading somewhere new, a dry run can work wonders.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dry run
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  • Selling minority stakes in sports teams is nothing new, but the practice has become more common.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The finalist images document the consequences of overfishing and bycatch, the impact of pollution on marine mammals and the killing of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands, a practice known as grindadráp.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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