Thesaurus results for TOUCHES UP

touches up

verb

present tense third-person singular of touch up

as in polishes

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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.

— Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
Expect to see even tinier dots and minuscule French tips atop jelly polishes in summery shades like fuchsia and blood orange.

— Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 4 June 2026

Definition of polishes

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Pele rises high to take a deep cross on his chest, flicks the ball almost cartoonishly over the head of Bengt Gustavsson and then volleys beyond keeper Svensson from 12 yards.

— Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Instead of a clean transfer, Hill’s character picks a fight with him and flicks him off, which ends up with Bernthal’s character in the back of the squad car.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Definition of flicks

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Then Anna fails Room 7 and winds up back in Room 8, where Becca swaps the players’ table positions, so Ify reads the win condition as well and leaves.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Sit still for hours, and blood flow to your brain dips slightly, but your brain notices the shortfall of oxygen and reads it as tiredness.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 14 July 2026

Definition of reads

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That advantage was in large part offset by payments from UEFA’s ‘value pillar’, a mechanism which awards clubs money based upon their coefficient ranking (determined by past performance in European competition) and the size of their nation’s broadcast rights deal for the competition.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 30 May 2026
Their top-30 visits, where NFL clubs host prospects at their facilities to gather further intel, are often smokescreens.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

Definition of clubs

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Some furniture polishes may be helpful to use as a double-acting cleaner and polisher that removes grime and perfects the finish of your cabinets to give them a like-new feel after cleaning.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Each reiteration and exaggeration of Mary’s bad behavior is another civic stroke of the chisel that perfects the monumental Lincoln in our collective imagination.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026

Definition of perfects

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Snooz reworks that moment so the treat aligns with the goal of actually falling asleep afterward.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Part of the Splash Jelly Drop collection, Tory Burch’s Mini Romy reworks one of the brand’s signature shapes into a bright aquatic blue that immediately calls to mind swimming pools and cloudless skies.

— Sanika Achrekar, Glamour, 2 July 2026

Definition of reworks

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Yet when the England versus Norway matchup became official, social media was immediately flooded with photos, videos, edits, and mashups of the two in their yellow and black bumble bee Dortmund uniforms.

— Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026
Jimmy Boegle edits and publishes the Reno News & Review and the Coachella Independent in Palm Springs and is a past president of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2026

Definition of edits

Verb

Golden Gate revises the design system to reduce the distractions that should never have been present in the first place.

— Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026
Pressing for clearer answers For months, frustration among stakeholders has centered on numbers that keep shifting as the district revises its budget projections.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of revises

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