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
  • Letters are subject to editing for clarity and length.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2026
  • But there were other gene-editing tools also at the time.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 11 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
  • Noting that Friday marked the Nasdaq Composite's steepest single-day drop since April 2025, Citi's analysts pointed to the hotter-than-expected labor market figures reinforcing expectations of potential Fed hikes later this year.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 9 June 2026
  • Inspect fences and perform any repairs or maintenance, such as reinforcing posts or replacing rotted sections.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 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 18 Jun. 2026.

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