dress rehearsal

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Recent Examples of dress rehearsal The speakers go through revision phases not just with Fiore but with their peers on the TEDx Student Committee, coming together for one final dress rehearsal just a few days before the big show. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025 Over the weekend, SpaceX rolled the Falcon 9 rocket out to the launch pad and performed a launch dress rehearsal with the crew. Tariq Malik, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025 The stadium, on the other hand, nailed its most important dress rehearsal, rolling out a hybrid grass carpet that weathered the strain of four games in as many days. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025 Pre-show beauty may seem like a chore, between strict time frames, dress rehearsals, and finding the right look to set the mood. India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dress rehearsal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dress rehearsal
Noun
  • This is a preview of The 1600—Tap here to get this newsletter delivered straight to your inbox.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Get The State Worker Bee newsletter in your inbox This is a preview of our weekly newsletter.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Listen · 2:05 min During a rehearsal break, Timbers, Groff, the choreographer Shannon Lewis and the music supervisor Andrew Resnick gathered to talk about six songs that are central to the show — and to understanding the layers and mysteries of Bobby Darin.
    Alan Light, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The whole eight-week rehearsal period was one of the greatest experiences of all of our lives.
    Mark Seliger, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The amount of work this takes to pull off is staggering to think about — the preceding episodes feel almost like dry runs to prove something as complicated as this could actually be pulled off.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Yet Saboteur never plays like a dry run for North by Northwest.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While some partake in more traditional practices like prayer or mass on Easter Sunday, others enjoy a more secular interpretation with baskets, egg decorating, egg hunting, and of course, the Easter Bunny.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The practice allowed the meditators to view their devotion as closely tied to Magdalene.
    Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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