Thesaurus results for TOUCHES (ON)

touches (on)

verb

present tense third-person singular of touch (on)

as in seems

to come very close to being that behavior touches on insanity

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Joe Keery is making his Broadway debut in Other Desert Cities this fall, playing a character who at first seems like a smooth Hollywood talker, but ultimately just wants to keep his family together.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026
On its face, however, this inspirational message seems in sharp contrast to economic reality.

— Masood Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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At times, this buzzy stretch of Sunset Boulevard between Hyperion and Lucile resembles a catwalk.

— Amanda Lee Koe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Instead, too much of the process resembles making peace with your past and developing marine communication powers akin to Aquaman.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026

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With stimulus checks gone and student loan payments back, Maggiulli suggests the drop may partly be a return to normal.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Data from 2024-2025 suggests that the industry is scaling, with organic cotton initiatives bringing in around 2,062 farmers on approximately 4,600 hectares of farmland, with projections reaching 7,400 hectares by 2025-2026.

— Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

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