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
  • These natural diamonds are often cloudy and oddly shaped, and lose about 25% of their weight as they're cut and polished into what a jeweler would sell, according to Nathan Renfro, senior manager at the Gemological Institute of America.
    — LAURA TURBAY, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The women’s trophy frame is polished white with matte black lines, while the men’s is polished black with matching matte lines.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of polished
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  • Researchers showed respondents two versions of the same video, one edited by a human, one by AI, without telling them which was which, and asked for a blind preference before revealing anything about how either was made.
    — Muhammad Usman Qamar, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In some memes in recent weeks, the photo has become so over-edited that the character's glistening face is slicker, darker and even more uncanny.
    — Owen Carry, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of edited
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  • Each touchpoint reinforced the others, making Cedars-Sinai’s community investment more visible and accessible while building relationships beyond any single activation.
    — Alvin Stafford, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Our positive thesis on the healthcare services and drug distributor was reinforced on Wednesday by analysts at Leerink after a meeting with the company’s CFO and investor relations team.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of reinforced
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  • Connecticut’s pay-to-stay statute has been revised several times over the past decade and has been challenged in federal court.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
  • With the additional loans Paramount is seeking to secure, that estimate will likely be revised upward.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of revised
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  • Long honed his skills in Florence, Italy, under prominent painter Pietro Annigoni, bringing a level of classical artistry to these North Carolina frescoes, created in the ‘80s, that feels remarkable for a small mountain community.
    — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Martin follows a series of steps he’s honed over the last 17 years of dying clients silver.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of honed
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  • The Storm was forced to acknowledge the incident and apologized, before the WNBA later fined Keaton and suspended her from Seattle’s next five home games.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Delane, who was taken by the Chiefs in the first round of this year’s NFL Draft out of LSU, was fined $12,537 for unnecessary roughness on a low block.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of fined
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  • Haskins initially played Principal Belding on Disney Channel show Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was reworked after one season and became Saved by the Bell.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The range this season spans across apparel and footwear, with familiar Adidas heritage silhouettes seen reworked through Chavarria’s design lens that balances athletic references with his fashion point of view.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of reworked
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  • Regulatory activity around the project has intensified rapidly in recent weeks.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • While the aerial war has intensified in recent months, fighting along the roughly 1,250-kilometer front line snaking through northern, eastern and southern Ukraine has been virtually deadlocked.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of intensified
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“Retouched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retouched. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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