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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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This is why authorities at the National Park Service, which maintains the statue, have repeatedly rejected any notion of polishing away the green covering.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025 -
Silver Centerpieces For anyone who's ever gotten stuck polishing silver, there's good news.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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While you guys had staff inside laughing, pointing and even flicking off the crowd outside.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Galloway says Vanguard is three to five years away from perfecting the system.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Nearly 200 Years of Sherry Cask Tradition Founded in 1826 in the Valley of Forgue in Aberdeenshire, GlenDronach has spent almost two centuries quietly perfecting the art of sherry cask maturation.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Spend some time worrying about that thing that’s actually quite meaningless, getting mad at that person cutting me off in traffic?—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
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Marinaccio is cutting it Marinaccio made his big-league debut with the Yankees in 2022 and between June and July of that did not allow a hit to 57 consecutive batters.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Lastly, keep reading The Hustle to see if your business gets featured.—
Founder Features,
thehustle.co,
16 Sep. 2025
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Keep reading to get the full story on HRT and Alzheimer’s, and learn what this means for you.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But others, like Baldwin, a distant cousin of Pauline’s, have already started revising history.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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The jobs report from July shattered the narrative that the economy of 2025 was strong, revising previous figures downward and revealing something close to an 80% collapse in hiring, even as inflation crept upwards and layoffs rolled.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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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Republican senators are growing increasingly pessimistic about reaching a deal to avoid working over the weekend.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
1 Aug. 2025
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Under artistic director Camille Miceli, the brand emphasizes mixing and matching, reworking Pucci’s motifs and patchwork.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
2 Sep. 2025
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Season 1 exhausted the events of King's novel, even reworking material from its epilogue into the main action of the story, so now the team will chart a new path for these characters, which will involve expanding on elements from the novel.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Touching up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touching%20up. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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