Thesaurus results for TOUCHED (ON)

touched (on)

verb

Definition of touched (on)

past tense of touch (on)

as in seemed

to come very close to being that behavior touches on insanity

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Suno allegedly did the same thing, according to a recent report from 404 Media covering a hack of Suno’s internal data, which seemed to indicate that Suno illegally scraped material from YouTube.

— Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 31 July 2026
Meanwhile, the president met with Netanyahu and Zelensky, the Democrats are making hay over the Iran war, and the Fauci hearing seemed to be a dud.

— Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026

Definition of seemed

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The picture of the back of someone who resembled Booker, the almost flip phone quality video, and the cutoff pictures didn't do it for me.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Because of a concussion, Shanahan shaded himself from the South Bay sun with a black cap and sunglasses, complemented by a thick mustache that resembled Tom Selleck’s.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 26 July 2026

Definition of resembled

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Another study, published in 2023, suggested the lack of sudden, major floodwaters funneling into Lake Cahuilla, the larger historical predecessor to the Salton Sea, may have something to do with it.

— Rong-Gong Lin II Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent observations have suggested that this extreme world may retain an atmosphere despite temperatures that should have stripped lighter gases away long ago.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

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