dry run
noun
Examples of dry run in a Sentence
We did a dry run of the experiment.
After several dry runs, she was ready to give the speech.
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And prosecutors say that's important, because during that time — a month before the murders — was Chandler's dry run for the killings.
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Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 31 May 2025
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So, Mother Nature is giving us a 10-day dry run to prepare.
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Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 31 May 2025
Yet Saboteur never plays like a dry run for North by Northwest.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
So, Mother Nature is giving us a 10-day dry run to prepare.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for dry run
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“Dry run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20run. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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