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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
Noun
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Speaking at a press preview in Anaheim last month after screening the first 30 minutes of the film, Andrew Stanton explained that Woody is simply loving his retirement.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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Other Desert Cities will play a 16-week limited engagement at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre with previews starting Tuesday, September 29 ahead of a Sunday, October 18 opening night.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 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
Noun
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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
Noun
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Nakase also thought Jocytė’s first practice went well Sunday.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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Burial practices accelerated spread.—
Steve Brozak,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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