"practice run" meaning in English

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          "text": "We made a practice run with the automatic paint sprayer on a piece of scrap.",
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        {
          "ref": "2020 April 9, Ian Boyd, “We practised for a pandemic, but didn’t brace”, in Nature, volume 580, number 7802, page 9",
          "text": "I took part in simulated exercises to prepare my country for the practical, economic and social shock waves from rare but devastating events – volcanic eruptions that affect whole hemispheres, meteor strikes, zoonotic epidemics and other calamities. I recall a practice run for an influenza pandemic in which about 200,000 people died.",
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        "A trial or practice before a real-world deployment or occurrence."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dry run"
        },
        {
          "word": "dummy run"
        },
        {
          "word": "roadtest"
        },
        {
          "word": "trial run"
        }
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  "word": "practice run"
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      "word": "dry run"
    },
    {
      "word": "dummy run"
    },
    {
      "word": "roadtest"
    },
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      "word": "trial run"
    }
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  "word": "practice run"
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