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Recent Examples of touch up
Severino, who made a return to the Yankee Stadium mound over the weekend, was touched up by his former New York Yankees squad.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
Your word processor can edit documents, and your image editor can touch up pictures, but a ransomware program that tries to encrypt those files gets blocked.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 June 2025
Out on the balcony a painter was at work touching up the facade, a small hedge against the decay.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2025
Tap Secret Mattifying Dry Shampoo Powder in your purse, travel cosmetic bag, or work tote to touch up greasy or flat hair on the go.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 18 June 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
Your word processor can edit documents, and your image editor can touch up pictures, but a ransomware program that tries to encrypt those files gets blocked.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 June 2025
Out on the balcony a painter was at work touching up the facade, a small hedge against the decay.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2025
Tap Secret Mattifying Dry Shampoo Powder in your purse, travel cosmetic bag, or work tote to touch up greasy or flat hair on the go.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch up
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The property’s golfing enthusiasts can perfect their games on the simulator before transitioning immediately south to the 54-year-old Brookfield Hills Golf Club, or immediately east to the century-old Westmore Country Club, one of the nation’s premiere private clubs.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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She was widely known to do her own makeup — which was often a cool-toned smokey eye that enhanced her eyelids and made her blue eyes pop — and helped other people perfect their own looks with her collection of makeup tutorial videos.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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These teen flicks graduated with high honors in our eyes.—
Michelle Kung,
EW.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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They were also seen flicking it up in her car outside of the spot.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Vinegar is one of the most versatile products in the pantry with uses that range from adding pep to coleslaw and barbecue sauce to protecting houseplants and polishing silver.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
15 Aug. 2025
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Between the Trump Administration declaring private accounts a red flag for foreign students and prospective employers using AI to find fake applicants, the old rules of polishing and making your accounts private are becoming obsolete.—
Erin Spencer Sairam,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Keep reading for the very best K-dramas to stream right now on Netflix.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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The front bumper, front headlamps, hood, grille, fender, windshield, cowl, front door and rear door were all damaged, the complaint read.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 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
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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.—
Barbara A. Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Canada has resisted Trump’s attempts to unilaterally revise the 2020 U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement and impose asymmetrically high tariffs on Canadian goods.—
Adam S. Posen,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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During a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Bondi attempted to revise her statement about the client list.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Some of my favorite memories include overnight camping in the Sahara Desert, running with the bulls in Spain, clubbing in Berlin, and the four-day Salkantay trek in Peru.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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There are also some, mostly young fans, who don’t have a team and will follow a particular player, shifting their allegiance from club to club as their hero moves through their career.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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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,
22 Aug. 2025
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This transcript was automatically generated, and then edited for clarity in its current form.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Touch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20up. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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