touch up

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Recent Examples of touch up Seated casually in the front seat of her car, the 29-year-old social media influencer touched up her makeup and chatted about her favorite beauty products. Michelle Lee, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Here’s a rundown of the best solid fragrances to touch up your scent on the go without bringing a bottle along. Dan Michel, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025 At one point, one of the girls is seen touching up the Houston rapper’s fresh tiger ink on his stomach. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 14 July 2025 Before the Olympics, for example, Johnson touched up her tape-ins with the K18 Damage Shield while the Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask helps prevent tension breakage from the bun Biles often competes in. India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for touch up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch up
Verb
  • But this movie perfected the clichés, while offering a unified field theory of the modern romantic comedy in the process.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The show employs their own glam professionals who all take turns perfecting each person's hair and makeup.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Djokovic raced onto it, flicked the ball down the line, and still won the point, rousing himself and the crowd with a finger to the ear.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Hit the ignition button and the blade doesn't just flick on; the light extends like a real lightsaber would.
    Chris McMullen, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Anthropic updated the rule in July, allowing prospective hires to polish their resumes, cover letters, and applications with the advanced tech.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Egos will not be polished but pushed to one side as Tuchel looks for chemistry and cohesion in his group.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Children…who had previously not read for pleasure are standing in line at bookstores and libraries to get the next book in the series.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Faithful to tradition, the festival’s 800 volunteers were feted with a walk-around the concert hall to the sound of a brass band, before guests were invited to the stage to officially open the festival by reading a sentence in unison – a joyous cacophony that drew complicit laughter from the crowd.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Visuals also showed some people receiving CPR. Uncontrollable crowd Police started caning people at one gate, leading to more chaos, said Mithun Singh, a software engineer among the crowd.
    USA Today, USA Today, 5 June 2025
  • Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.
    Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Zydlewski worked with Collins’s office to revise Sea Grant’s funding application, specifying how the program aligned with Administration priorities.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Gathering more accurate data about right whales while revising the original law would help protect the animals, Olsen said.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Guerrero clubbed three home runs, including a huge grand slam in game two.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
  • After the clubbing scandal, the Finnish media, which had already dubbed her Party Sanna, began ramping up its coverage of Marin’s off-the-clock activities.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their responses, which have been edited slightly for length, can be found below.
    Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Touch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20up. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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