Thesaurus results for TOUCHES UP

touches up

verb

present tense third-person singular of touch up

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Jajour has six in her kit, noting that polishes that complement your skin’s undertone keep your skin from looking flat and tired.

— Christina Middleton, Allure, 4 Nov. 2026
While a classic button-down shirt is always timeless, a peplum top offers the same wearability with a waist-defining silhouette that instantly polishes any bottom they’re paired with.

— Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

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So the bill arrives before the value does, and the market reads layoffs instead.

— Adam Dumey, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
The public stance remains, as the statement Friday reads, that Hammond remains the site where due diligence is being finalized and is very much a possibility.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 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

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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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Steps, directed by Alyce Tzue and John Ripa, reworks the classic Cinderella story.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
Previously announced under the title Shaolin Women’s Soccer, the Hong Kong-China co-production reworks the original film’s martial-arts-meets-scrappy-sports-team premise around an all-female squad of underdogs.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of reworks

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Measure at the caller’s end, test your hardest callers on purpose and score every call against your own rules on a schedule, because model updates, knowledge base edits and new integrations will change behavior without warning.

— Satish Barot, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
In her new role, Jenner will continue overseeing Fwrd’s digital creative direction, including designer selections, monthly trend edits and major marketing campaigns.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of edits

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The memo, which was circulated internally in September and posted to the company's website on Tuesday, revises how the company defines the role of software development engineers and managers in the age of AI.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Brad Pitt revises his Oscar-winning role as Booth, a stuntman and sidekick to Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton in the original 2019 film.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026

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