touch up

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Recent Examples of touch up Several images have gone viral showing apparent bruising on the president’s hand touched up by makeup. Cate Martel, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025 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 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
  • Enjoy tennis, pickleball, and padel courts and perfect your swing on the 18 holes of the Greg Norman–designed El Camaleón Golf Course, which weaves through jungle, canals, and coastline.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Andrés worked alongside Delta’s team to perfect the dishes’ in-flight preparation and presentation.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Think Judd Apatow flicks with Steve Carell and Seth Rogen, or sitcoms starring Charlie Sheen.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Freddie Freeman won an eight-pitch tussle with Gausman by flicking a two-out double into the right-field corner.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Most recently, Alverson has also dipped his toe into advising sorority hopefuls as a rush coach — part of an emerging market for girls looking to polish up their image before heading off to college.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Its software ecosystem is polished, and its hardware is mature.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That's because every possession demands rapid analysis such as reading the court, predicting opponents’ moves and making split-second decisions, all while maintaining control of the ball.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The sketch then cut to an indoor security-cam shot of him reading Post-its stuck to the fridge.
    Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • 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
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  • Authorities had previously said seven people had died on the mountain before revising down the figure on Tuesday.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Shohei Ohtani’s two-way prowess has already forced Major League Baseball to revise its rulebook, adding provisions to protect his ability to pitch and hit in the same game.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Blue Jays clubbed two home runs on two bad pitches from Snell.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The child swung wildly at the piñata, clubbing it several times and stabbing it several times more.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wikipedia, which launched in 2001, is an online crowdsourced encyclopedia that consists of entries written and edited by volunteers.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025

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