rehearsals

noun

plural of rehearsal
as in previews
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 rehearsals Earlier in the week, Stiles opened up to Variety about the emotional rehearsals. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026 Launch campaigns for new rockets often take months before a first flight, involving multiple integrated fueling tests, countdown rehearsals, and a static fire. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 Bieber’s dance rehearsals and the functional off-stage uniform of ballet dancers. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 The record primarily collects new arrangements of music from Björk’s 2004 album Medúlla, fine-tuned in extensive rehearsals made possible amid the empty calendars of the COVID-19 era. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026 These two took a trip to New York City for rehearsals this week, since Guillermo is there for his day job. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026 Trump in August scaled back a major military exercise with South Korea in an apparent effort to restart diplomacy with Kim, who has condemned such drills as rehearsals for invasion. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 Sanz closely followed the project from its early stages, participating in readings, rehearsals and meetings, and sharing his impressions with the team. — Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026 The hard thing for Scott to shake was his own interpretation of the role, to apply it to what Charleson endured during rehearsals and performances of material that held a different kind of resonance for him. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 28 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehearsals
  1. previews
  2. trials
  3. practices
  4. dry runs
Noun
  • The run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket will begin previews on April 10, 2027 and close on July 24.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Wednesday’s figures follow three opening weekend screenings that had previously sold out in under an hour last April and two previews that also sold out earlier this month.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of previews
Noun
  • During preliminary sea trials, operators aboard the carrier used the ship’s Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC) to establish a beyond-line-of-sight connection with the aircraft through a satellite network.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But that does not mean the two trials could necessarily proceed at the same time.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of trials
Noun
  • Others are trying to drive employees toward what are called Centers of Excellence—essentially hospitals or medical practices with high ratings that may save money in the long-term since employees won’t need to return again and again for care.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Justice Department moved to terminate more than a dozen decades-old school desegregation cases without asking the court first to review whether the district successfully ended its past discriminatory practices, a watchdog group has found.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of practices
Noun
  • These were dry runs for similar maneuvers that were essential for the subsequent lunar landings of the Apollo program.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of dry runs

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