dress rehearsal
noun
1
: a full rehearsal (as of a play) in costume and with stage properties shortly before the first performance
2
: a practice exercise for something to come : dry run
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During the Guys & Dolls dress rehearsal in Sydney, Australia on March 18, Annie Aitken and Cody Simpson stare off into the distance together.
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Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Hartford Courant While neither UConn nor BU will be playing for their postseason lives, this tournament figures to pack the Garden and serve as a dress rehearsal for the NCAA Tournament.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
But, in the middle of dress rehearsal, one of the bumpers had fallen off.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
But according to the Mean Girls star, the animals were even more badly behaved during the dress rehearsal.
—John Russell, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Hartford Courant While neither UConn nor BU will be playing for their postseason lives, this tournament figures to pack the Garden and serve as a dress rehearsal for the NCAA Tournament.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
But, in the middle of dress rehearsal, one of the bumpers had fallen off.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
But according to the Mean Girls star, the animals were even more badly behaved during the dress rehearsal.
—John Russell, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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