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Recent Examples of touch up
The pop star turned fashion designer, 52, went to celebrity hairstylist Ken Pavés to touch up her balayage with a warm honey blonde hue blended in with her natural brunette color.
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Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Though the gag was as old as vaudeville itself, Johnson noticed that Berle began incorporating it on his show after she was stationed offstage with a powder puff and instructions to touch up the guests if needed.
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Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
Make repairs and clean and touch up any rusted areas with a fresh coat of rust-resistant paint.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
10 Feb. 2026
Add replacement components as needed, touch up paint, and reinforce weakened areas.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
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Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Though the gag was as old as vaudeville itself, Johnson noticed that Berle began incorporating it on his show after she was stationed offstage with a powder puff and instructions to touch up the guests if needed.
—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
Make repairs and clean and touch up any rusted areas with a fresh coat of rust-resistant paint.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
10 Feb. 2026
Add replacement components as needed, touch up paint, and reinforce weakened areas.
—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for touch up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch up
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Having perfected the formula, Breer sticks to a firm one-third height ratio so as not to drown the room’s architectural proportions.
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Aniston’s pick is a potent anti-aging serum-moisturizer that (essentially) just so happens to have skin-perfecting pigment.
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Right-back Jean-Kevin Duverne did brilliantly to beat his man and send in a low cross that Lenny Joseph tried to flick into the net, the ball going in off Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou for an own goal.
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Boxed into the corner by two Americans, Güler flicked the ball perfectly between Pulisic's legs and ran around him, creating the space necessary to start the final sequence.
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For dressier occasions, platform sandals like Martha Stewart's go-to style offer comfort, support, and polish all in one.
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Through processing that polishes the individual wool fibers, the technology allows wool to have more luster, a softer hand feel, drape and elastic recovery.
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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.
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Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.
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Beginning in the 2030 school year, public school students will read biblical passages and learn how the Bible affected history and literature from kindergarten to 12th grade.
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Anthropic shared a striking number alongside a new product this week, and it is being read the wrong way.
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The only offense against Burns came in the third inning, when Ben Rice clubbed his 22nd home run to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.
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Jurors deliberated for a week before voting to convict 48-year-old Francesca Lopez in the death of Felipe Lopez-Custodio, who was clubbed to death with a piece of scrap wood and strangled with a cord inside his apartment on Jacqueline Way in Concord.
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And even though first-quarter GDP growth came in stronger than initial estimates, Hollenhorst pointed out real consumer spending was revised down to a multi-year low.
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As Europe experiences increasingly frequent and prolonged heatwaves, utilities may need to invest in alternative cooling technologies, upgraded infrastructure, or revised operating strategies to maintain reliable electricity production while protecting freshwater ecosystems.
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Kirkmeyer has campaigned on affordability and safety issues, Bottoms is pushing for a redo of the state's education system among other things and Marx wants to cut regulations and lower the cost of living.
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Terrell Carstens, a 25-year resident of Brookhaven, said she is frustrated the city made little effort to find places to cut costs instead of raising the rate.
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“Touch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20up. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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