as in rehearsal
a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance
There was a private preview for the parents before opening night.
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as in to show
to view or show in advance of public performance or presentation
The film festival is a great opportunity for several up-and-coming directors to preview their work before a discerning audience.
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Recent Examples of preview
Chris Willman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
With food, cocktails, an exclusive preview of Concours collector automobiles, entertainment and a live auction.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
Trump urged his followers on Truth Social to watch Mark Levin’s weekend Fox News program, previewing Marc Thiessen’s appearance before the episode aired.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The preview keeps things on the lighter side compared to some of the heavier subjects that reviews and Kahan himself have said the documentary gets into.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
With food, cocktails, an exclusive preview of Concours collector automobiles, entertainment and a live auction.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
Memory stocks — Shares built on Friday’s slight rebound in these names after a major sell-off in the stocks due to Google research that investors feared could preview a slowdown in chip demand.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
Trump urged his followers on Truth Social to watch Mark Levin’s weekend Fox News program, previewing Marc Thiessen’s appearance before the episode aired.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preview
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Their flight plan for Friday also included rehearsals of basic medical procedures — including chest compressions and methods to clear airway obstructions — to help prepare future Orion crews for possible emergencies in deep space.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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During rehearsals, McCormack welcomed all professional feedback to reach the exacting standards of the realistic medical show, especially when using instruments such as a cranial drill.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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The film also was shown at a number of other festivals before hitting the awards circuit as the Palestinian entry for this year’s Academy Awards.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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Another did not investigate a claim that a resident was stabbed by a fork-wielding manager, records show.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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At the time of my stay as the hotel’s first guest, the Waldorf Astoria New York was in its testing and trial phase.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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This article quotes from and is based largely on records from three lawsuits against formula manufacturers that went to trial in 2024 and are now on appeal.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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And, to honor the occasion, the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (Mucem), in Marseille, decided to display a guillotine in full view.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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French cheeses displayed in a store in Paris.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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Aligned—sometimes explicitly—with Édouard Glissant’s poetics of relation, with its emphasis on the creative power of hybridity and fluid identities, these new biennials presented cultures as entangled and nonhierarchical.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Department welcomes the opportunity to present the facts of the case in court.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Gracie Hunt, daughter of Kansas City Chiefs CEO and owner Clark Hunt and his wife, Tavia Hunt, announced her engagement on Holy Saturday with a Bible verse.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of striking employees will return to work at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley next week after the company agreed to return to the negotiating table, union officials announced Saturday evening.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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The project was exhibited at the Alkazi Theatre Archives in 2022 and later presented at the National Portrait Gallery in 2024.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
30 Mar. 2026
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While classical mechanics treats normal modes as wave-like phenomena, phonons also exhibit particle-like properties, earning them the moniker of quasiparticles.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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