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 began preview performances on Oct. 19.
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Up Saturday Night After playing well at Telluride and Toronto, the awards-season equivalent of killing at dress rehearsal, Jason Reitman’s SNL tick-tock goes wide this weekend.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
The comic was still included on the rundown for the live show until his managers met with Michaels privately before Saturday's dress rehearsal and tried to convince him to cut Kaufman from the show to allow Crystal more time.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
And through it all, the specter of Lewis’ bloody face hangs over her, a grisly harbinger of doom amid the endless meet-and-greets and dress rehearsals.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 23 Oct. 2024
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Up Saturday Night After playing well at Telluride and Toronto, the awards-season equivalent of killing at dress rehearsal, Jason Reitman’s SNL tick-tock goes wide this weekend.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
The comic was still included on the rundown for the live show until his managers met with Michaels privately before Saturday's dress rehearsal and tried to convince him to cut Kaufman from the show to allow Crystal more time.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
And through it all, the specter of Lewis’ bloody face hangs over her, a grisly harbinger of doom amid the endless meet-and-greets and dress rehearsals.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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