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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All of which is to say, the loyalty of both Ulf and Hugh seems tenuous at best at this point, and neither Rhaenyra or Daemon seem the least bit concerned.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
What's more, that hostility that led lawmakers in Indianapolis to kill state funding for public broadcasting no longer seems carved in stone.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 26 July 2026

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If the minimum wage instead reached $23 per hour, a full-time worker could earn more than $47,000 annually, a salary that more closely resembles a basic middle-class income rather than a poverty wage.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
That shape, whose contour resembles both an indecipherable ideogram and a flat asymmetrical spaceship, shows Parsons’s inventive side.

— John Yau, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026

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Nevertheless, its early growth suggests Mansell has identified an audience that is eager not just to engage, but to organize, and the conversations taking place inside that WhatsApp group may prove as valuable as its membership fees.

— Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Emerging evidence suggests fluctuations in estrogen levels can exacerbate symptoms of ADHD, and perimenopause might be a particularly vulnerable time.

— Maria Godoy, NPR, 26 July 2026

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