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
  • Aerie’s loungewear has surprised my mom with its pillowy soft material that looks polished enough to run errands in.
    — Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
  • Lululemon’s sporty mini is polished enough to wear beyond the gym.
    — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 17 July 2026
Definition of polished
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  • The transcript below has been edited for length, clarity, and publication.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 25 July 2026
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of edited
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  • His team’s 2-1 victory against the Kansas City Royals also reinforced the Tigers’ bid to keep Skubal and take their shot with the American League’s best pitcher leading their charge.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 July 2026
  • Firefighting teams were being reinforced with the addition of hundreds of soldiers and breathing masks to filter out potentially noxious smoke particles were being rushed to those exposed, Lecornu said.
    — Mark Carlson, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Definition of reinforced
Verb
  • Federal dietary guidance is revised on a five-year cycle, and flavonoid-rich fruits are already recommended within the broader fruit category.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
  • The June jobs report showed leisure and hospitality jobs plunged by 61,000 positions – a number so dumbfounding that economists widely expect that to get revised .
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of revised
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  • La Roja had been the best team of the World Cup and had done so by remaining faithful to itself and its soccer through technique, ability and skill honed through years and years of doing the same thing better than anyone else.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • One of the marvels of this novel is how effortlessly such sentences land, despite being honed to perfection.
    — Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of honed
Verb
  • The citation fined Lineage the maximum $500, according to a statement from the public health department.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
  • As a result, Tortorella was fined $100,000 and the Golden Knights were docked a second-round pick in June’s draft.
    — Joe Smith, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of fined
Verb
  • Today at work the performance review needs to be reworked like everything else.
    — Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The fifth hole has been shortened and had its entire right side reworked, promoting a risk-versus-reward tee shot for players if conditions permit.
    — Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of reworked
Verb
  • Its arrival has intensified discussions over how the United States should respond to increasingly capable Chinese AI systems.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • And that uncertainty has ballooned into a crisis of its own, which has only intensified after a rapid series of announcements from the Food and Drug Administration.
    — Allie Canal, NBC news, 24 July 2026
Definition of intensified
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