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well-rehearsed

British  

adjective

  1. (of a play, speech, excuse, etc) sufficiently practised or prepared in advance to ensure a good performance

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Veteran urban climber Dan Goodwin calls the Netflix project “a well-rehearsed, choreographed film production and nothing more.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

Apartment safety teams will follow their well-rehearsed plans to ensure evacuation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2025

Kamala Harris entered the debate very focused and prepared, and it’s likely many of her answers were well-rehearsed beforehand.

From Slate Sep. 12, 2024

It says safety is its highest priority, and there are well-rehearsed contingency plans to deal with power outages.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2024

Anyway, within a few minutes of Mama’s return—she asked a series of seemingly well-rehearsed questions about nurses and medicines and joint pain and how he’d been feeling—we got up to leave.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

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