tryouts

noun

plural of tryout
as in rehearsals

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Recent Examples of tryouts Women’s National team tryouts The Women’s National Team of 16 players was formed through tryout camps in New York and California. — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tryouts
  1. rehearsals
  2. workouts
  3. exercises
  4. practices
Noun
  • These two took a trip to New York City for rehearsals this week, since Guillermo is there for his day job.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Trump in August scaled back a major military exercise with South Korea in an apparent effort to restart diplomacy with Kim, who has condemned such drills as rehearsals for invasion.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of rehearsals
Noun
  • Luckily, Amazon’s fitness section is loaded with clever devices to make home workouts fun, engaging, and a little sweaty.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Guys are getting in extra workouts before practice, after practice.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of workouts
Noun
  • The technique requires hypervigilance to the present moment, yet is cultivated through thought exercises that evoke alloyed realities, as through a mixed-reality headset.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The warning comes as Baltic military exercises expand and European leaders raise concerns about Russian sabotage and other hybrid attacks amid the war in Ukraine.
    — Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of exercises
Noun
  • One example is the Church Project in Texas, a faith community that has returned to the practices of early Christianity by primarily meeting in small groups in members’ homes.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • And, as families strain under the rising cost of living, these practices are coming for every line of the household budget.
    — Lindsay Owens, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of practices

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