Synonyms of rehearsal
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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In 1967, the Saturday Evening Post assigned Didion to interview the Grateful Dead in their Bay Area rehearsal space at the height of the Summer of Love (with which the group was already disilluioned).
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 May 2026
That night, the two met while in their first rehearsal for a play, and became best friends.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Another survivor of the drone strike, Master Sergeant Ann Marie Carrier, said the Army didn't plan for a mass casualty event, and there were never any run-throughs or rehearsals leading up to the start of the Iranian campaign, dubbed Operation Epic Fury by the Pentagon.
—Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 19 May 2026
At one point, Richards invited Quinn to a private rehearsal session in Lower Manhattan.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 18 May 2026
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 May 2026
That night, the two met while in their first rehearsal for a play, and became best friends.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Another survivor of the drone strike, Master Sergeant Ann Marie Carrier, said the Army didn't plan for a mass casualty event, and there were never any run-throughs or rehearsals leading up to the start of the Iranian campaign, dubbed Operation Epic Fury by the Pentagon.
—Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 19 May 2026
At one point, Richards invited Quinn to a private rehearsal session in Lower Manhattan.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 18 May 2026
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 22 May. 2026.
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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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