Routine
Warm-up
Warm-up noun - A performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In other words, the destruction of Beacon and the near-destruction of Vale was just her warm-up routine.
Source: Web Animation / RWBY -
That's when they discover this is just the warm-up routine... and that the rest of Team JNPR has suffered even worse regimes because they're unfortunate enough to be living with her.
Source: Web Animation / RWBY Chibi
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Warm-up and Routine. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/routine/warm-up
Routine & Warm-up. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/routine/warm-up>.
Warm-up or Routine. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/routine/warm-up.