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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dress rehearsals
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The sci-fi adventure has started of its box office run with a gravity defying $12 million in previews, the best preview gross of the year to date when including both regular Thursday shows and fan screenings held earlier this week.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026 -
Project Hail Mary held stateside previews in 29 70MM locations (single shows) last weekend.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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There’s a lot more prep time, like table reads and rehearsals, which gives us actors more space to really get into character.—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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North Korea has long described the allies' drills as invasion rehearsals and often uses them as a pretext to dial up its own military demonstrations or weapons testing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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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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Officials in the suburb said the initiative, which had been in the planning stages since 2019, is designed to address the discriminatory housing policies and practices faced by Black residents.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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Fuel sellers engaging in unfair or anticompetitive practices will be referred for prosecution if necessary, the watchdog said.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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