retouched

Definition of retouchednext
past tense of retouch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for retouched
Verb
  • The fabrics are soft and lightweight, the shapes are polished, and many come in elevated colors and patterns that read high-end.
    Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
  • This density makes the granite particularly resilient to collisions and allows it to be polished to a finish smooth enough to glide on ice.
    Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • It was reviewed and edited by a team of content specialists.
    Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Today’s edition of 5 Things AM was edited and produced by CNN’s Andrew Torgan.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Even the audience was made up entirely of robots, which reinforced the scale of the production.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Jackson reinforced Blackness as beautiful and Black people as somebody, and that lit a fuse in people like Gant.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • During a year’s moratorium, the county revised rules to ones considered fairly reasonable by everyone.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Following the deal, the under fire Scandi major had revised full-year outlook for 2025.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Our bodies have been honed over millions of years, stress-tested over millennia in every conceivable way.
    Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Montoya further honed his skills for San Diego Surf Soccer, an elite competitive youth club.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This has been quite a three-year stretch for Garcia, suspended for a year and fined $1 million by the New York State Athletic Commission for allegedly using performance-enhancing drugs in a win over Devin Haney.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The Jazz was also fined $500,000 for conduct detrimental to the league also related to the management of its roster.
    Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In 2020, the organization reworked its nomination process and expanded membership to underrepresented groups in an effort to amend these critiques, but has continued to face backlash.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Among the artists who reworked the songs were Justice, Soulwax, Basement Jaxx, Erol Alkan, and the Juan Maclean.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But political pressure intensified as UT’s top leadership turned over.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Since October last year, Russia has intensified its drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian energy system, knocking ⁠out electricity and heat and plunging millions of Ukrainians into long ​blackouts during bitterly cold winter temperatures.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
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“Retouched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retouched. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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