retouching

present participle of retouch

Example Sentences

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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