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a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance
we made a few mistakes in rehearsal, but we were pretty sure that we'd be OK on opening night
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Recent Examples of rehearsal
The set-up inside the circle felt more like a rehearsal space, with the group clustered together while also roaming freely around the stage, playing to different parts of the audience.
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Daniel Dylan Wray, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2025
New York City Mayor Edward Koch joins jazz veterans Gerry Mulligan and Benny Goodman during their rehearsal at Gracie Mansion on June 22, 1979.
—Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Later that week, a bouquet of flowers with a note addressed to the Australian native during rehearsals.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
This season alone, Elaine Hendrix suffered a rib injury that momentarily took her out of the competition, and pro Daniella Karagach executed a move in rehearsal that wound up breaking her partner Dylan Efron's nose.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
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Daniel Dylan Wray, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2025
New York City Mayor Edward Koch joins jazz veterans Gerry Mulligan and Benny Goodman during their rehearsal at Gracie Mansion on June 22, 1979.
—Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Later that week, a bouquet of flowers with a note addressed to the Australian native during rehearsals.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
This season alone, Elaine Hendrix suffered a rib injury that momentarily took her out of the competition, and pro Daniella Karagach executed a move in rehearsal that wound up breaking her partner Dylan Efron's nose.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehearsal
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But the nation's approximately 232 million people are split near evenly between Muslims and Christians, with smaller percentages following other practices, including indigenous beliefs.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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This practice had its own history, another tributary to the overshoot conjuncture that weighed heavily on its future course.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The only person ever executed in Israel was Adolf Eichmann, a key architect of the Holocaust, who was hanged in 1962 after he famously was captured by Israeli intelligence agents in Argentina and subsequently convicted in a landmark trial.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Michelle Pascucci, state trial attorney for the Massachusetts Attorney General's office, said that the USDA could have issued another guidance memo when the Supreme Court's stay took effect.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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The show has been a breakout hit for Lincoln Center Theater, selling out its first previews in late September and following up with SRO crowds in after its October 16 opening.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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This super-stuffed bonanza of spell-casting goodness will feature previews, interviews, Easter eggs, and original musical performances by some of the starriest members of the duology's ensemble cast — including cohosts Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehearsal. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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