retouching

present participle of retouch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for retouching
Verb
  • Prioritizing Features Over User Intent A common user experience mistake is polishing the surface instead of solving for the moment of intent.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Tasker and Grimm care for the space almost every day — watering plants, sweeping away sand, polishing the phone.
    Itay Hod, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process.
    Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • The study found 42% of adults who used chatbots used them to search for information, 38% used it for work tasks, 25% for fun or entertainment, 24% for creating or editing images or videos, 20% for medical advice and another 20% for diet and fitness information.
    Emily Guskin, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Growing up watching the Food Network, Castro, 34, learned all the basics about preparing the perfect meal while honing her craft at home.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
  • Google has been honing Adaptive Connectivity for a few generations on the Pixel.
    Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • For the first time on Shark Week, the full range of great white hunting tactics will be revealed, reinforcing their status as one of the ocean’s top predator.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 June 2026
  • Research from McKinsey & Company found that companies in the top quartile for ethnic diversity are 39% more likely to outperform financially than those in the bottom quartile, reinforcing the growing business case for inclusive leadership.
    Jack Hayes, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • As 404 Media reports, Northern District of Mississippi judge Sharion Aycock berated everybody involved in a sanctions order, ultimately fining them, canceling the trial, and barring half of them from appearing in the district’s court for two years.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 June 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • At the same time, the pace of technological change is accelerating, and global competition is intensifying.
    Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 16 June 2026
  • The upward pressure is intensifying this week as derivatives and other kinds of secondary financial instruments related to SpaceX go live.
    Tobias Burns, CNBC, 16 June 2026
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“Retouching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retouching. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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