retouched

verb

past tense of retouch
as in polished

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retouched
  1. polished
  2. edited
  3. reinforced
  4. revised
  5. honed
  6. fined
  7. reworked
  8. intensified
Verb
  • Not only is Robert Carlock and Sam Means’ NBC sitcom designed to squeeze in as many jokes as the human brain can process in 21-minute chunks, it’s also carefully paced and polished to keep those jokes as superb and surprising as possible.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Her rich, raven-black shade was polished to a mirror-like shine.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of polished
Verb
  • Listen is edited by Ben Kaplan, with cinematography by Mack Fisher.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The digital version was edited by Treye Green and Jason Breslow.
    — Leila Fadel, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of edited
Verb
  • Our work on leadership and technology in sport, including our intention to create a future book on that subject, has reinforced our interest in this question.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • On the one hand, this shows just how strongly officers accept the principle of civilian control—a posture reinforced precisely because Hegseth has proved willing to punish even unsupported allegations of military insubordination.
    — Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of reinforced
Verb
  • The office of the president and the Transportation Ministry later revised that number downward to 69 dead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • This story has been revised to reflect that Oracle's investment-grade credit rating is BBB-, according to S&P.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of revised
Verb
  • The trio honed an aesthetic distinct from neighboring Chicago’s emerging style of house music, stripping out vintage soul for chillier, futuristic productions.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The United States Space Force has honed its estimate for the Neil Gehreis Swift Observatory’s fiery atmospheric reentry.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of honed
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  • Mada Masr’s editor, Lina Attalah, was fined the equivalent of $53,400.
    — Press Freedom Desk, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026
  • But the Portuguese soccer federation fined him and suspended him from the team for 30 days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of fined
Verb
  • Brown purchased the downtown space at the end of 2023 and reworked it over the last two years.
    — Rembert Browne, Architectural Digest, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Endlessly reworked, the cost-effective 699 Superleggera became so popular that producer Cassina had to put an ad in Domus, the magazine Ponti had established three decades earlier, warning about the legal ramifications of copyright infringement.
    — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of reworked
Verb
  • The Middle East is not the only part of the world where threats to the Internet’s undersea backbone have intensified.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Two years later, as clashes between the South Vietnamese government and protesters intensified, Morgenthau urged the United States to get out.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of intensified
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