retouching

present participle of retouch

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retouching
Verb
  • Another highlight of my visit was experiencing Bastien's Manicure, an in-spa collaboration with nail-care specialists Bastien Gonzalez, which pairs meticulous cuticle work and a thorough massage with a natural nail-polishing technique that eliminates the need for nail polish entirely.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026
  • There’s the difficulty of sintering and polishing the ceramic, and then there’s maintaining the purity of the look.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process.
    Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • Having met his target, Van Zuilen set to work combining and editing the data using the astronomy software PixInsight.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Tobacco companies spent decades honing marketing strategies, flavor engineering and processing technologies that helped addict consumers to cigarettes.
    Maria Godoy, NPR, 9 June 2026
  • Among the city’s finest is Michael Lepage, who has been honing his Paul Revere character for over 30 years.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • The space also features vintage furnishings by Eileen Gray and antiques sourced by Garcia, reinforcing the residential quality Mage sought to create.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
  • Apple also authorized an additional $100 billion share repurchase program, reinforcing the power of its free-cash-flow model.
    , CNBC, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • In other words, the league no longer wants to be in the business of fining people for playing Cody Williams and John Konchar in the fourth quarter, or listening to other GMs whining about it.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • The town council in one Colorado community has approved the first reading of an ordinance designed to prevent the HOA from fining residents for a brown lawn.
    Olivia Young, CBS News, 23 May 2026
Verb
  • And those farmers are horribly disillusioned by this intensifying deflation and depression that spreads after 1873.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • The United States has imposed travel bans on more than 100 Nicaraguan officials and relatives, intensifying pressure on President Daniel Ortega and his co-president wife, Rosario Murillo, over a mounting record of human rights abuses.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
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“Retouching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retouching. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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