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as in polishing
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as in flicking
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touching up
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Venus ends its Virgo run in your communication house, polishing your words with discernment.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
5 Oct. 2025 -
Over the course of the next 36 years, McNally returned to the script again and again, rewriting, restaging, refining and polishing it into something that eventually became one of Broadway’s biggest hits of 2014 and ’15.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
29 Sep. 2025
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While a wagging dog’s tail might indicate excitement or friendliness, a flicking cat’s tail can signal irritation.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Only the paintings bore witness to her intense, solitary writing sessions, conducted in the studio by night, Stein flicking the pages of her notebooks with hardly a pause, until dawn birdsong disturbed her concentration.—
Francesca Wade,
Air Mail,
4 Oct. 2025
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The show employs their own glam professionals who all take turns perfecting each person's hair and makeup.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Exerting himself for so many hours a day is something Jornet has been perfecting for years.—
Amy Woodyatt,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Unified Government created a set of incentives, which include cutting permit fees and water and sewer connection fees, for people who want to build on its land bank property to try to encourage redevelopment.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Oct. 2025
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The prince also accused his father of cutting him off financially, and Meghan said the royals discussed denying their children prince and princess titles and police protection.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Sheriffs Chris Davis, of Humphreys County, and Jason Craft, of Hickman County, alternated reading the victims' names.—
Nicole Young,
Nashville Tennessean,
13 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … RADIO SILENCE – Spanberger’s muted response to dual controversies shapes narrative in final stretch of race.—
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FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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However, the report concluded that the school had taken extensive corrective actions, such as increasing surveillance video placement, revising reporting protocols and enhancing staff training.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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While revising this novel, my left eyebrow fell out from stress.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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John Cooper described how much Redford enjoyed working over ideas with young filmmakers at the Sundance Institute each summer.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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The three babyfaces took turns working over Rollins with a barrage of running attacks in the corner before agreeing to try to put Rollins through a table on the outside.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Tillman spent the summer reworking his body and dialing in his shot.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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From brands reworking archival items, most notably at Chanel, Dior and Celine, to joyful spring-forward colors and shapes at Loewe, Chloé and Ferragamo, this was a season that delivered exciting newness.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Touching up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touching%20up. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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