1
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 gentle, sensitive-skin-friendly exfoliating sugar scrub helps to melt away makeup, excess oil, and buildup, all while buffing and polishing without stripping the skin.—
Melony Forcier,
InStyle,
30 Jan. 2026 -
One air bubble can destroy a $10,000 piece at the polishing stage.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Alijah Arenas switched between his forehand shot and backhand, flicking the plastic ball over the net to his opponent, former NBA star Brandon Jennings.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
20 Jan. 2026
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While the horses were flicking sand like fireworks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Bradley is largely concerned with perfecting his golf game; Linda spends her off hours obsessing over the TV show Survivor.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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Prototype ideas faster than competitors While others spend weeks perfecting one piece, test twenty ideas in an afternoon.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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If the opportunity to sell Romero arises in the summer, Spurs should seriously consider cutting their losses and reinvesting the money in a more reliable defender.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Local reports said Ukrainian missiles hit a power plant and an electrical substation, cutting power to parts of the city.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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Then, in 2024 Chamadia started reading about a new class of injectable drugs making headlines abroad.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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But while Bass has taken a political hit following the Palisades fire, Zev Yaroslavsky, a former Los Angeles County supervisor and longtime political observer, cautioned against reading too much into approval ratings in a crowded field.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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And premiere projections are trending up, with BoxOfficePro estimating a $1-2 million open last week, but revising to $2-5 million this week.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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More Rework and Slower Cycles Supervisors and legal counsel are pulled into multiple review loops, revising letters that were previously quicker to finalize, with routine tasks sometimes taking longer than expected.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Raw came back from break with all three teams taking turns working over Akira Tozawa.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Using clean hands and working over a colander, wring out the extra water and tear the soaked bread into pieces.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Oct. 2025
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The team reworking Watson’s contract to take his 2026 salary-cap number from over $80 million to around $40 million seems a certainty at some point over the next month, which means Watson will be on the team because the Browns can’t afford to cut him and swallow that $80 million.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Aubade has also been reworking its storytelling.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Touching up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touching%20up. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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