rehearsal
noun
re·hears·al
ri-ˈhər-səl 
Examples of rehearsal in a Sentence
She was 15 minutes late to rehearsal.
There are only three more rehearsals before the concert.
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After a few weeks of rehearsals, filming initially started in September 2023 in County Wicklow, Ireland.
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Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
Thirty narrow stairs lead to City Ballet’s bright, top floor rehearsal studio, with double ballet barres lining three walls, a floor-to-ceiling mirror, and an open ceiling with a treacherously low center beam that high jumping dancers have learned to avoid.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
Well, with rehearsal, back in the old days there used to be four weeks, and now there’s only three.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
To introduce its new lineup to fans who hadn’t caught those concerts, Darkside released Live in Spiral House, a collection culled from summer 2022 rehearsal sessions, in 2023.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
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Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
Thirty narrow stairs lead to City Ballet’s bright, top floor rehearsal studio, with double ballet barres lining three walls, a floor-to-ceiling mirror, and an open ceiling with a treacherously low center beam that high jumping dancers have learned to avoid.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
Well, with rehearsal, back in the old days there used to be four weeks, and now there’s only three.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
To introduce its new lineup to fans who hadn’t caught those concerts, Darkside released Live in Spiral House, a collection culled from summer 2022 rehearsal sessions, in 2023.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rehearsal
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“Rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rehearsal. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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rehearsal
noun
re·hears·al
ri-ˈhər-səl
1
: a private performance or practice session in preparation for a public appearance
2
: a practice exercise : trial
Medical Definition
rehearsal
noun
re·hears·al
ri-ˈhər-səl
1
: a method for improving memory by mentally or verbally repeating over and over the information to be remembered
2
: the repeated mental review of a desired action or behavioral response
preoperative rehearsal of coping imagery to reduce anxiety
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