rehearsal
noun
re·hears·al
ri-ˈhər-səl 
Examples of rehearsal in a Sentence
She was 15 minutes late to rehearsal.
There are only three more rehearsals before the concert.
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In the midst of the week’s rehearsals, Chalamet received his second Oscar nomination for his part as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
Carmen insisted on three months of full-time rehearsals.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
The three agree to compose and play songs together, using an old church on a remote island as a rehearsal space.
—Maya Phillips, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
But one of the convicts used the slack security measures during rehearsals to plan a bank robbery, which ended up in the murder of two police officers, known as the infamous Malexander shootings of 1999.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
Carmen insisted on three months of full-time rehearsals.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
The three agree to compose and play songs together, using an old church on a remote island as a rehearsal space.
—Maya Phillips, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
But one of the convicts used the slack security measures during rehearsals to plan a bank robbery, which ended up in the murder of two police officers, known as the infamous Malexander shootings of 1999.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rehearsal. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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rehearsal
noun
re·hears·al
ri-ˈhər-səl
1
: a private performance or practice session in preparation for a public appearance
2
: a practice exercise : trial
Medical Definition
rehearsal
noun
re·hears·al
ri-ˈhər-səl
1
: a method for improving memory by mentally or verbally repeating over and over the information to be remembered
2
: the repeated mental review of a desired action or behavioral response
preoperative rehearsal of coping imagery to reduce anxiety
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