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as in practiced
to do over and over so as to become skilled
the orchestra rehearsed the symphony until they finally got it to the conductor's satisfaction
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as in described
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
wrote a letter to the management rehearsing in lurid detail our terrible stay at their hotel
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as in repeated
to say or state again
rehearsed her story about why she was late as she walked into the meeting
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as in recited
to specify one after another
rehearsed the list of things he wanted for his birthday so that there would be no doubt in my mind
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as in prepared
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Recent Examples of rehearsed
Bryan West, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
Godard fed his actors lines between takes; Linklater, per long-standing practice, rehearsed with his for weeks before filming started.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Tools for empathic communication—the scripts and rehearsed responses to intense emotion—ought to be taught in medicine.
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The goal isn’t to appear rehearsed, but to be comfortable enough to appear natural while executing a clear communications plan.
—Adrian Dearnell, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
That demanded an extraordinary amount of planning and organization, with all gas burners laid out, all traffic pieces, choreography, and stunts rigorously rehearsed, and kids carefully prepared for the process.
—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
In several of the snaps, Chopra Jonas could be seen visiting her husband Nick Jonas, 32, alongside their 3-year-old daughter Malti Marie while the Jonas Brothers rehearsed for their upcoming tour.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
On July 23, Tom Ferebee dropped a Little Boy test bomb off Tinian as the plane rehearsed the gut-wrenching 155-degree right bank necessary to escape the blast.
—David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The lavish resort is a reconstructed Gilded Age hotel well-rehearsed in being discreet.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
Godard fed his actors lines between takes; Linklater, per long-standing practice, rehearsed with his for weeks before filming started.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Tools for empathic communication—the scripts and rehearsed responses to intense emotion—ought to be taught in medicine.
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The goal isn’t to appear rehearsed, but to be comfortable enough to appear natural while executing a clear communications plan.
—Adrian Dearnell, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
That demanded an extraordinary amount of planning and organization, with all gas burners laid out, all traffic pieces, choreography, and stunts rigorously rehearsed, and kids carefully prepared for the process.
—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
In several of the snaps, Chopra Jonas could be seen visiting her husband Nick Jonas, 32, alongside their 3-year-old daughter Malti Marie while the Jonas Brothers rehearsed for their upcoming tour.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
On July 23, Tom Ferebee dropped a Little Boy test bomb off Tinian as the plane rehearsed the gut-wrenching 155-degree right bank necessary to escape the blast.
—David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehearsed
Verb
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Kastelic, Sean Kuraly and Marat Khusnutdinov, who practiced on the fourth line, want more ice time.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Contemporary fiction as it is practiced today in many mainstream forms is honed to that rapid symbolic interpretation.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Those sentiments likely described how everyone inside the locker room felt after the loss.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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As professor Paolo Quattrone has described, the Dean sits at one end beneath a towering Gothic window.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hamas also repeated its willingness to hand Gaza’s administration to a Palestinian technocratic body backed by Arab and Islamic states.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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In a few videos, Rocha repeated a racial slur that is routinely targeted at Black people.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For a whole year, Hersh didn’t utter a single word in his new class, where the teacher recited lessons in modern Hebrew.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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At the Labor Day ceremony honoring those who died in the massacre, traditional lion dancers performed and visitors from across the country recited the names of those killed with traditional blessings.—
Jenna McMurtry,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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During her end-of-season media availability on Tuesday, Collier read a prepared statement.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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But as training camp opened on Tuesday, head coach Joe Mazzulla’s team sounded prepared to usher in a significant stylistic shift.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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By the end of the year, the grocery store and home goods chain will have opened eight new supercenters and neighborhood markets across the United States, Charles Crowson, a Walmart spokesperson, told USA TODAY this week.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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On the morning of June 3, Pandora's mother, Simone Kjolsrud, told The Republic that on May 26, the pair were victims of a double homicide while the teens were on a camping trip.—
Julie Mendes,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Royal Caribbean Group Chairman and former CEO Richard Fain, for example, recently listed his 10,840-square-foot Coral Gables mansion for $42 million and signed a long-term lease at Regency Parc.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
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The House Oversight Committee last month released tens of thousands of pages of records tied to Epstein’s prosecution, including a handwritten note mentioning Trump among the names listed in a birthday letter collection for Epstein.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Nigel Edge was arrested Saturday on charges including first-degree murder in what police are calling a premeditated attack.—
Chris Arnold,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Rehearsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehearsed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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