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Recent Examples of dress rehearsal
From that vantage, Gaza not only looks like a dress rehearsal for the kind of combat U.S. soldiers may face.
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Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
To that end, consider this week’s longer effort (and even the shorter ones) as a dress rehearsal for the big day next week!
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 Apr. 2025
Photo: Anthony Rapp The dress rehearsal is on January 24, a Wednesday.
—Jeffrey Seller, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Instead, a recording of the dress rehearsal was being broadcast.
—Ibrahim Hazboun and Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
To that end, consider this week’s longer effort (and even the shorter ones) as a dress rehearsal for the big day next week!
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 Apr. 2025
Photo: Anthony Rapp The dress rehearsal is on January 24, a Wednesday.
—Jeffrey Seller, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Instead, a recording of the dress rehearsal was being broadcast.
—Ibrahim Hazboun and Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dress rehearsal
Noun
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In the preview, Harris gave a longer answer in response to a question about the Israel-Hamas war than the one aired during the full show.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Could shelter audit be preview of a DiZoglio-Healey clash? Battenfeld: Could shelter audit be preview of a DiZoglio-Healey clash?—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
22 May 2025
Noun
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In that scene, there were rehearsals, an intimacy coordinator was present, and the set was closed.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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To show up and work like this every rehearsal, every performance, every day, McDonald has become an emotional athlete.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
28 May 2025
Noun
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So, Mother Nature is giving us a 10-day dry run to prepare.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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The tournament is expected to be a dry run for U.S. cities ahead of the men’s World Cup in 2026.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Experts and former Elite teachers see similar practices happening at Elite.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Israel’s Supreme Court outlawed the practice in 2005.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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