dress rehearsal
a rehearsal of a play or other performance in costume and with scenery, properties, and lights arranged and operated as for a performance: often the final rehearsal.
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Further, Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca are practicing what it would take to quickly produce a vaccine for an escape variant by doing dress rehearsals.
How the Coronavirus Stays One Step Ahead of Us - Issue 108: Change | Megan Scudellari | November 3, 2021 | NautilusA test race is a good dress rehearsal for every element of racing.
Training for a Fall Running Event? Run a Test Race First | elessard | September 9, 2021 | Outside OnlineFor many athletes, Doha 2019 was a dress rehearsal for the expected heat at Tokyo 2020.
How the World’s Best Athletes Handle Brutal Heat | Alex Hutchinson | March 10, 2021 | Outside OnlineBlue Origin tested its New Shepard rocket for the 14th time on Thursday in what was essentially a dress rehearsal for a crewed flight.
SpaceX won’t be the only company launching commercial rockets in 2021 | Charlie Wood | January 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhen we did it in the dress rehearsal one of the music cues was late and we both flubbed a rap line.
How Aidy Bryant Stealthily Became Your Favorite ‘Saturday Night Live’ Star | Kevin Fallon | October 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the dress rehearsal, I almost got some real proper, go-to-the-hospital burns.
Oscars Host Neil Patrick Harris on His Best and Worst Emcee Moments (VIDEO) | Neil Patrick Harris | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe would see her for every dress rehearsal we do and she would talk to us after every dance in the dress.
'So You Think You Can Dance' Winner Ricky Ubeda Is Adorable, and Tired | Kevin Fallon | September 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey stayed clothed during early rehearsals, before going nude—ironically —during dress rehearsal.
New York’s Naughtiest Show (Maybe Avoid the Front Row) | Tim Teeman | January 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“What we are doing in Syria in some ways is a dress rehearsal for Israel,” he says.
Preparations for the first dress rehearsal of The Spring Road went on apace.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonMr. Monterey, the local manager, came himself to the dress rehearsal.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonIt is worth notice that at the dress rehearsal even Cui prophesied a brilliant success for the work.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThe "dress-rehearsal" began at six o'clock on Sunday evening; and from the very start everything went wrong.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairAs this was not what is called a "dress rehearsal" neither Mr. Treadwell nor the children had on any special costumes.
Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Giving a Show | Laura Lee Hope
British Dictionary definitions for dress rehearsal
the last complete rehearsal of a play or other work, using costumes, scenery, lighting, etc, as for the first night
any full-scale practice
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