dress rehearsal

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Recent Examples of dress rehearsal After the dress rehearsal, there is around an hour until showtime for contestants to get final hair and makeup touches or to go over any dancing mishaps. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for dress rehearsal
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Noun
  • If the musicians had gone on strike, 23 Broadway musicals would have been impacted, including long-standing mega earners, Wicked, Hamilton and The Lion King, as well as new musicals in previews, such as Chess and Queen of Versailles.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Idris and Sabrina got engaged in 2018 Idris got down on one knee and proposed to Sabrina onstage at Rio Cinema in London at a February 2018 preview of his directorial debut,Yardie.
    Alexandra Hurtado, PEOPLE, 23 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
  • The Panthers have a unique way of splitting up the practice reps among the line.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Larroudé shoes uses leather sourced from local Brazilian tanneries that are Gold certified by the Leather Working Group, and independent group of tanneries and manufacturers that work on sustainable practices.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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