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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Jay, a pastor and author, told PEOPLE at an Oct. 2 dress rehearsal in New York City before Tammy Faye’s Oct. 19 Broadway debut.
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Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 13 Oct. 2024
At one point in the dress rehearsal in the movie, he’s seen as stumbling through his lines, not in command of the material.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
There are times when the device of a rehearsal, and then ultimately, a final dress rehearsal, comes off as distracting.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
Usually during dress rehearsal, the stuff that Lorne really believes in is put at the top of the show, and Mary was at the bottom.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 13 Oct. 2024
At one point in the dress rehearsal in the movie, he’s seen as stumbling through his lines, not in command of the material.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
There are times when the device of a rehearsal, and then ultimately, a final dress rehearsal, comes off as distracting.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
Usually during dress rehearsal, the stuff that Lorne really believes in is put at the top of the show, and Mary was at the bottom.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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