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audition

[aw-dish-uhn] / ɔˈdɪʃ ən /
NOUN
test of ability
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A month’s worth of practices and five preseason games are the stage as players audition to fill the vacant roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

When I landed my first TV audition, my agent recommended his favorite acting coach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Bono, then known as Paul Hewson, had actually been tempted to skip the audition.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

His character in “Primetime” is Dan, who dreams of being an actor and shows up to his “Predator” audition ready to sing a song from “Rent.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

But Mom said I could audition for Kids Bake Challenge! if Ariana gave me a good review.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

Her work in Hollywood initially involved making the journey from the desert to L.A. for auditions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

She was thrilled to get a call from Tresnjak, who felt it was important to cast L.A. actors and enjoys working with previous collaborators — to the point where he didn’t hold auditions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Maybe you’ve heard the premise of “The Debut”: Meek suburban wife auditions for a community theater musical despite having no experience or, quite frankly, apparent talent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

I met my future husband, actor Robert Desiderio, on the show, and left “One Life to Live” in 1983 to move to California for auditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

But one of the applicants was the son of someone in one of the Munich orchestras, so, for the sake of fairness, the Philharmonic decided to make the first round of auditions blind.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

We auditioned for record companies and got turned down by Polydor, by Island, by CBS and RCA before we got signed by A&M in the end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

I told him, auditioned and got the role.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Earlier this year Variety reported that stage actor Tom Francis had auditioned, external for the role.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

He had previously worked with the filmmaker on 2023’s “Saltburn,” for which he auditioned using a Harold Pinter monologue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Castillo does not volunteer to come forward—she just sits there, radiating bad energy—and Volpe has to finally call on her after most of the others have auditioned.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Seyfried landed the role of Karen Smith in the hit 2004 movie “Mean Girls” after auditioning for the lead part, Regina George.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Hansard played the role of guitarist Outspan Foster, despite not originally auditioning for the part.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

As luck would have it, I won a senior-year acting competition, landed an agent and began auditioning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

He conducted his briefing as if he was auditioning for the job he already holds.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

“We’re auditioning illusionists, my dear girl,” Chandresh says, rather loudly, his voice echoing through the cavernous space.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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