dry run

as in rehearsal
a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance we had time for just one dry run of the play before opening night

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Recent Examples of dry run The tournament is expected to be a dry run for U.S. cities ahead of the men’s World Cup in 2026. Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 13 May 2025 Presented as an academic study of destructively codependent telepaths, Stereo is basically a dry run to the later Scanners, emphasis on the dry. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025 The amount of work this takes to pull off is staggering to think about — the preceding episodes feel almost like dry runs to prove something as complicated as this could actually be pulled off. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025 Yet Saboteur never plays like a dry run for North by Northwest. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dry run
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Noun
  • Perhaps a rough night at rehearsals for the chronically employable actor, or, more likely, with them out of school, a long morning with the kids — five in total, three of whom are with Eberstein, two of whom were authored by Grant and his ex-partner, Tinglan Hong?
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • SpaceX posted the new launch date on X Saturday evening, the day after the flight rehearsal test.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The film — which reboots the studio’s DC Universe — is playing in Thursday previews this week before opening nationwide in theaters on Friday.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • The reunion comes several months after Tia opened up about being physically distant from her sister in a September 2024 preview of her WE TV docuseries, Tia Mowry: My Next Act.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The practice of succession planting gives gardeners a chance to extend the garden season and promotes soil health by keeping your garden beds active.
    Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
  • But new evidence suggests the practice might have been more widespread, hinting that our ancestors were not just hunters but clever fat-finders too.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
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  • Many trials are designed specifically for people at the beginning of their treatment journey.
    Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Cash Out, born John Gibson, was found guilty on Friday in his Atlanta trial.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 21 July 2025

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“Dry run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dry%20run. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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