touches up

present tense third-person singular of touch up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for touches up
Verb
  • The single-button power control is a favorite feature of our reviewer Williams, as well as the fluffy optic cleaner head that cleans and polishes her hard floors.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Next, the gel polishes themselves had to work with the specific wavelengths of the Olive & June lamp.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Like a true professional, the actor quickly flicks the photo and extinguishes the blaze without ever breaking character — despite internally freaking out — to nail the perfect shot.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The scene flicks to a flashback of Henry at war, which then switches to Henry in his previous timeline suffering from a nightmare.
    Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Democrats would then file a lawsuit, and the case winds up before the Supreme Court, which somehow reads the Twenty-second Amendment differently than it has been widely understood?
    Michael Luo, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
  • And sometimes, that reads even bigger than the numbers.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kidmi Clogs Clogs are having their moment, and this pair perfects the balance of cozy and chic.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
  • As China develops anti-satellite weapons and Russia perfects electronic warfare tactics, the US military is making a strategic bet on navigation systems that adversaries cannot silence.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To protect from equally discomforting interior water, Heimplanet reworks the ventilation system to boost airflow, even in heavy rain and wind conditions.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Harris’ team works and reworks an interim message for crowds at Howard University, then pulls her out of the speaking engagement altogether as the numbers sour.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Can fan edits drive engagement offline?
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Administration officials have gone through the legislation in depth, offering line edits and requesting technical changes, according to two officials with knowledge of the discussions between the White House and the Senate.
    Aamer Madhani, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • DaCosta both reveals and revises the story’s tragic dimension up front, opening with Hedda being questioned by the police about events that led to a certain consequential gunshot.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Physicists have observed that a proton’s excited states, or resonances, remain influential even when probed at very high energies, a finding that revises previous expectations about the building blocks of matter.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the arrival of Durant revamps the spacing.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Do any of these revamps live up to the hype?
    Jake Emen, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Touches up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touches%20up. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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