: a full rehearsal (as of a play) in costume and with stage properties shortly before the first performance
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: a practice exercise for something to come : dry run
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe Artemis rocket will go through its next attempt of the wet dress rehearsal no earlier than June 19. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 May 2022 The rocket stack made a couple of trips to the launchpad in March and June for the wet dress rehearsal, a test that simulated every step of launch without liftoff. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 Another tradition that’s returning: the night-before dress rehearsal, which is also open to the public. Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 30 June 2022 That rocket exploded in March 2020 during a wet dress rehearsal test on the launch pad. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2022 At the dress rehearsal for the Tonys, Jackson ping-ponged into a gauntlet of theatrical heroes. Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 As the music director emphasized in a dress rehearsal, not only do other characters swiftly come to Ulrica’s defense, but the line is crucial to the opera’s context. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2022 Days before, Imagineers hosted a kind of dress rehearsal, inviting Instagram and TikTok influencers, as well as journalists, to participate. Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 At an adjacent pad during Friday’s launch: NASA’s new moon rocket, which is awaiting completion of a dress rehearsal for a summertime test flight. Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2022 See More