touch (upon)

verb

Definition of touch (upon)next
as in to bear (on or upon)

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  1. specify
  2. instance
  3. mention
  4. notice
  5. quote
  6. cite
Verb
  • The report didn’t specify the cause of the deaths, but said that the rain triggered landslides and other disasters.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Isar officials did not immediately specify the exact altitude and inclination of the Spectrum rocket’s final orbit.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of specify
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  • What instances like those involving Zverev, Andreeva and Rybakina in Madrid also prove is how counterproductive the upcoming French Open’s decision to eschew ELC and continue using the physical traces of the ball is.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Along with her participation in the hotel nights, this also included, Jane testified, instances where she was asked to fly with drugs for Combs.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Definition of instance
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  • When Duncan asked what caused his stress, Nacua mentioned a lifestyle change, under the NFL spotlight and as a new father co-parenting his 10-month-old son.
    — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • So the publicists for writers, theaters, and museums kept writing and phoning, even offering to fly her back to New York to see this or that, once or twice mentioning a free trip to Europe.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of mention
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  • Nope, the way van den Berg is wired, nothing else made sense but a full-launch cannonball and a hope that everyone around him might notice the splash.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Fans of the 1998 cult classic are sure to notice that Bullock’s character Sally Owens’s daughters, Kylie and Antonia, have been recast.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of notice
Verb
  • In an April letter to the EPA, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, quoted an xAI senior manager who described the plan as copy and paste from Colossus 1.
    — Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But according to Dietrich’s daughter Maria Riva, whose 1992 biography of her mother Lim liberally quotes from, Dietrich privately did not hold Wong in the highest esteem.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of quote
Verb
  • In April 2025, the State Department upgraded El Salvador's travel advisory to its highest level, citing a drop in violent crimes and murders.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • In a statement, the companies cited McKinsey projections expecting AI agents will handle $3 trillion to $5 trillion of global consumer commerce by 2030.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of cite
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“Touch (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20%28upon%29. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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