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a short performance to show the talents of someone (such as an actor or a musician) who is being considered for a role in a play, a position in an orchestra, etc.
Auditions will be held next week for the spring musical. He went to an audition for a new TV show.
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Recent Examples of audition
Is there an audition coming this year, or next year?
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Cepeda used to focus on filming audition tapes for budding actors.
—thehustle.co, 1 Nov. 2024
With no auditions sticking, he’s decided his true calling is as a YouTube prankster.
—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
His arrival interrupted a rehearsal, and the audition did not go well.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Cepeda used to focus on filming audition tapes for budding actors.
—thehustle.co, 1 Nov. 2024
With no auditions sticking, he’s decided his true calling is as a YouTube prankster.
—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
His arrival interrupted a rehearsal, and the audition did not go well.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for audition
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Prosecutors say more than 200 people paid to have someone else take the state certification exam and now are scattered in classrooms across Texas.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sometimes the plans throw in extras like coverage for eye exams and glasses or gym memberships.Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
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But when the gaps between grades and test scores are this immense and consistent, parents and the public should not be fooled.Karin Klein, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Cutting-edge test yields diagnoses for some medical mysteries A researcher loads DNA samples into a biorobot at UCSF’s China Basin laboratories.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The guidelines say nothing about an ER doctor’s examination sufficing.Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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Bipartisan examination: If there's an issue with the way the ballot was filled out, prompting a process called adjudication, in which bipartisan teams examine ballots to determine voter intent.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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The semis and finals of the 2024 playoffs are in Orlando on November 24th weekend.Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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However, Byron's passage to the finals came under a cloud of controversy that has sparked a debate within the NASCAR community.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Even elementary and high school students need to take entrance exams and placement tests.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
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Many are trying to identify gaps sooner, adopting placement tests that delve deeper into math skills.Collin Binkley, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2023
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“Audition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/audition. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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