dress rehearsals

noun

plural of dress rehearsal
as in previews

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  1. previews
  2. rehearsals
  3. dry runs
  4. practices
Noun
  • Director Thomas Kail‘s new feature leads the weekend in scooping up roughly $18 million domestically Friday, including Thursday previews.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2026
  • When cinematic drone footage, influencer previews and comparisons with Orlando dominate social feeds, expectations can quickly drift away from the original proposition.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of previews
Noun
  • The film, presented by Disney+, Magna Studios and Sony Music Vision, follows Oasis’ Live ’25 trek through rehearsals, backstage moments and, perhaps most tantalizingly, the brothers’ first joint interviews in more than two decades.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 4 July 2026
  • Knowing the show is a heavy lift, Ross came into rehearsals with the script already memorized.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
Definition of rehearsals
Noun
  • Israel has intermittently launched such long-range airstrikes since July 2024, after a Houthi drone hit Tel Aviv, in combat missions that, especially in retrospect, served as dry runs for the June air war against Iran.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Definition of dry runs
Noun
  • Similar to practices like Tai Chi, MAHP is designed to help reduce stress, improve physical ease, support mobility, and encourage emotional balance.
    — Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
  • It is built over thousands of practices, countless conversations, and hundreds of decisions that few people outside a team will ever notice.
    — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of practices
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