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a short performance to show the talents of someone (such as an actor or a musician) who is being considered for a role in a play, a position in an orchestra, etc.
Auditions will be held next week for the spring musical. He went to an audition for a new TV show.
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Recent Examples of audition
Bright was unfamiliar with the series before getting an audition, but was vaguely aware that hockey romance books were a thing.
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 11 May 2026
The results of that audition could end up determining the direction the Leafs ultimately go.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 May 2026
The book also includes a guide for future contestants, covering everything from filming an audition tape to preparing for the island, making fire, blindsiding an opponent and crafting a winning jury speech.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 May 2026
The final dance during auditions was choreographed by choreographer/dancer Quinton Peron, a former Los Angeles Rams cheerleader.
—Lisa Gutierrez
may 6, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 11 May 2026
The results of that audition could end up determining the direction the Leafs ultimately go.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 May 2026
The book also includes a guide for future contestants, covering everything from filming an audition tape to preparing for the island, making fire, blindsiding an opponent and crafting a winning jury speech.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 May 2026
The final dance during auditions was choreographed by choreographer/dancer Quinton Peron, a former Los Angeles Rams cheerleader.
—Lisa Gutierrez
may 6, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for audition
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Rice University’s Kinder Institute studied 12 cohorts at Houston ISD from 2007 to 2019 and found that students attending the district’s Las Americas school, a specialized campus serving immigrants and refugee students in grades 4-8, had exceptionally higher end-of-year English course exam results.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
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In a follow-up exam conducted six years after the infection, vestiges of the virus’s RNA were found in the man’s semen.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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Inexpensive test kits are available online or at garden centers.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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The Great Big Game Show is one of the newest attractions on International Drive, giving friends, co-workers, couples and families a chance to go head to head in tests of skill, luck, strategy and knowledge.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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The child's remains were taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, where authorities planned to carry out a post-mortem examination.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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For further insights into similar changes in the search and cloud domains, refer to our examination of Why The Market Is Re-Rating Google Stock.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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United gave Ten Hag a contract extension after winning the 2024 FA Cup final and came to regret it.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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This, of course, was Pussy Riot, the performance artists and anti–Vladimir Putin activists who, since 2012, have disrupted a World Cup final, a Winter Olympics, and—most famous and at great cost—a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Moscow.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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And in the last five years, 35% of the students have placed in the top 10 for the Diocese’s placement test.—
Stephen Wilder,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 Mar. 2026
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The idea that students might score poorly on a placement test or get answers wrong in an algebra class was no surprise.—
Tammi Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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