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Recent Examples of dress rehearsal
Pre-show beauty may seem like a chore, between strict time frames, dress rehearsals, and finding the right look to set the mood.
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Mar. 2025
Framed through a week behind the scenes in Studio 8H, the book follows Michaels’s rise from a 12-year-old summer camp impresario to the ruthless editor who takes his seat in a booth under the SNL audience bleachers during dress rehearsals, critiquing and cutting.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Comedian Dave Chappelle allegedly mocked a nonbinary Saturday Night Live writer during a dress rehearsal for a 2022 episode of the long-running variety show, according to a new report from Vulture that was based on multiple, largely anonymous interviews with associates of creator Lorne Michaels.
—James Factora, Them, 12 Feb. 2025
But, in the middle of dress rehearsal, one of the bumpers had fallen off.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Mar. 2025
Framed through a week behind the scenes in Studio 8H, the book follows Michaels’s rise from a 12-year-old summer camp impresario to the ruthless editor who takes his seat in a booth under the SNL audience bleachers during dress rehearsals, critiquing and cutting.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Comedian Dave Chappelle allegedly mocked a nonbinary Saturday Night Live writer during a dress rehearsal for a 2022 episode of the long-running variety show, according to a new report from Vulture that was based on multiple, largely anonymous interviews with associates of creator Lorne Michaels.
—James Factora, Them, 12 Feb. 2025
But, in the middle of dress rehearsal, one of the bumpers had fallen off.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dress rehearsal
Noun
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That same day, Justin also shared a preview of some shoes from the new brand.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Neon opens Hell of a Summer on 1,255 screens after Thursday previews and early shows took in $215k.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The whole eight-week rehearsal period was one of the greatest experiences of all of our lives.—
Mark Seliger,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Listen · 2:05 min During a rehearsal break, Timbers, Groff, the choreographer Shannon Lewis and the music supervisor Andrew Resnick gathered to talk about six songs that are central to the show — and to understanding the layers and mysteries of Bobby Darin.—
Alan Light,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The amount of work this takes to pull off is staggering to think about — the preceding episodes feel almost like dry runs to prove something as complicated as this could actually be pulled off.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
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That dry run lasted almost two years while the animators refined their process.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Jan. 2012
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The practice was used in 2018 during the first Trump term, when the Senate voted on the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as an associate justice.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Horned Frogs will return to practice at 6 p.m. Friday.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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