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Recent Examples of toning
Incorporating toning exercises every few minutes, like jumping jacks, walking lunges, squats, or squat jumps, can also help, suggested Kirsch.
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Kristin Canning, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
Popularity aside, Bargatze is known for clean, family-friendly humor that requires no toning down for primetime.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Strength and toning also come with the territory since every serve, spike and block engages the legs, shoulders, arms and core.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Salmon sperm, or PDRN, is known for its ability to deeply penetrate the skin without compromising the skin barrier or requiring downtime, delivering visible improvements in lifting, toning, and hydration.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The latter has a toning effect that minimizes the appearance of pores, leaving skin visibly smoother.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2025
Use it right after cleansing and toning and before your moisturizer for a plumper, more youthful glow.
—Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2025
While some use pico toning for skin rejuvenation purposes, others use it to treat skin condition such as melasma.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Kristin Canning, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
Popularity aside, Bargatze is known for clean, family-friendly humor that requires no toning down for primetime.
—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Strength and toning also come with the territory since every serve, spike and block engages the legs, shoulders, arms and core.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Salmon sperm, or PDRN, is known for its ability to deeply penetrate the skin without compromising the skin barrier or requiring downtime, delivering visible improvements in lifting, toning, and hydration.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The latter has a toning effect that minimizes the appearance of pores, leaving skin visibly smoother.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2025
Use it right after cleansing and toning and before your moisturizer for a plumper, more youthful glow.
—Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2025
While some use pico toning for skin rejuvenation purposes, others use it to treat skin condition such as melasma.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toning
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The beauty of cotton curtains lies in their versatility—the easy-to-handle material can be printed, support a variety of embroidery techniques, and adorned with trimmings to draw more attention to your windows.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
19 Sep. 2025
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Never burn leaves or other yard trimmings.—
Aaron Valdez,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
17 Sep. 2025
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The former dancer found success in intermittent fasting, eating clean foods, going for long walks daily and taking workout classes with the Fitbit app.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Dominguez is the best shooter on the roster and recently made 97 out of 100 3s in a workout.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Toning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toning. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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