dress rehearsal

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Recent Examples of dress rehearsal The Dolphins have joint practices against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the team’s third preseason game — the first and only at Hard Rock Stadium — this Saturday at 7 p.m., which Miami will likely use as a dress rehearsal for the regular season. Omar Kelly august 18, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2025 This test served as a dress rehearsal for the lunar rocket’s engine power. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025 Remember those 'dress rehearsals' in the third game? Geoffrey Knox, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025 This is really a dress rehearsal for Taiwan. NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dress rehearsal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dress rehearsal
Noun
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    Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
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    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Eugene plays the baritone horn and consistently performs at a high level during rehearsals and performances, Cane Ridge Director of Bands Johnny Croft said.
    Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Adriana should have understood that this was important to Julia and at least texted her after rehearsal to see how the event went.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • If your plants are failing to bloom or producing very few flower buds, adjust your cultural practices.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Moody has been dedicating her practice to helping clients navigate the AI space and counsels nearly a dozen generative voice and audio AI companies.
    Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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