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Recent Examples of dress rehearsal
Spa serves as the final dress rehearsal before Le Mans, the centerpiece of the WEC season.
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Luke Smith, New York Times, 9 May 2026
The most important test was a wet dress rehearsal (WDR), a two-day-long practice run of the procedures leading up to launch.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 May 2026
When Taylor Swift brought her Eras tour to SoFi in the summer of 2023, LA Metro used that as something of a dress rehearsal for the World Cup, expanding late service and adding free shuttles from nearby train stations.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
But possibly telling about the sketch’s ability to resonate was Padilla’s reaction during dress rehearsal.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
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Luke Smith, New York Times, 9 May 2026
The most important test was a wet dress rehearsal (WDR), a two-day-long practice run of the procedures leading up to launch.
—Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 May 2026
When Taylor Swift brought her Eras tour to SoFi in the summer of 2023, LA Metro used that as something of a dress rehearsal for the World Cup, expanding late service and adding free shuttles from nearby train stations.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
But possibly telling about the sketch’s ability to resonate was Padilla’s reaction during dress rehearsal.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dress rehearsal
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The show began previews at the Majestic Theatre March 27, ahead of an April 22 opening date, but has failed to catch on with audiences and with critics, who delivered mixed to negative reviews.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
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That promo also taught Hollywood — and movie fans around the planet — that the internet could be the place to go to watch preview videos from upcoming releases.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Were there any things that occurred during the rehearsal process that genuinely surprised you?—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2026
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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).—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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As part of its dry run at Mars, the spacecraft will also practice hunting for faint circumplanetary rings of dust that might originate from the planet’s small moons and be backlit by the sun into clearer visibility.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Trump sent 755 Homeland Security agents to defend federal property in what would come to be seen as a dry run for much larger operations of his second term.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Eco effort The hotel employs single-stream recycling and green housekeeping practices, and also has a green roof ecosystem to reduce the building’s heat load.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday told lower courts to take another look at a pair of cases involving whether private individuals and groups can sue to enforce a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that prohibits discriminatory voting practices.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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