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Recent Examples of touch up
After everything is cured, take the nail file to touch up any areas that look jagged from trimming.
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Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 30 June 2025
In 2021, the guild hired a company for a multi-year project to touch up all 22 of the ride's animals.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 May 2025
For the second year in a row, the five open restrooms are mirrorless, a decision the school’s principal said is an attempt to reduce tardiness and distractions caused by students crowding around mirrors, putting on makeup and touching up their hair.
—Brittany Pierola Diaz, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Footage then showed Meghan posing in various outfits, getting makeup touched up and checking out the images on a computer screen.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 23 May 2025
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Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 30 June 2025
In 2021, the guild hired a company for a multi-year project to touch up all 22 of the ride's animals.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 May 2025
For the second year in a row, the five open restrooms are mirrorless, a decision the school’s principal said is an attempt to reduce tardiness and distractions caused by students crowding around mirrors, putting on makeup and touching up their hair.
—Brittany Pierola Diaz, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Footage then showed Meghan posing in various outfits, getting makeup touched up and checking out the images on a computer screen.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch up
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The actor has perfected the art of playing douchey bros, like Cole in Scrubs' ninth season, as well as in films like 21 Jump Street (2012) and Neighbors (2014).—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
21 July 2025
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Of course, sponsors want CFOs to get the needle-moving value creation levers right, but sponsors also know that to reach those levers, CFOs must first perfect the basics.—
Nick Leopard,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Whether due to devious marketing misdirection or just the viewer's first-time-watch naïveté, these flicks swerve in unexpected directions by snuffing out one of their prominent characters before the first or second act is even through.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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Johan Vásquez flicked the restart across the goal mouth and Álvarez burst past the defense, redirecting the ball from three yards just inside Matt Freese’s far post.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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The airy, high-ceilinged white dining rooms are largely intact, the wooden floors polished, the tables set with good linens, the lighting excellent.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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His work to polish his technique over the past year and change will come to the forefront this season.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
14 July 2025
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One study found that increases in Medicaid eligibility at birth led to improvements in reading test scores in the 4th and 8th grades.—
Linda Darling-Hammond,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Speaking on a microphone through a loudspeaker, Sister Nina Rodriguez of the Sisters of St. Joseph and another woman then read a list of names of immigrants who have been deported or detained this year.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
15 July 2025
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Visuals also showed some people receiving CPR. Uncontrollable crowd Police started caning people at one gate, leading to more chaos, said Mithun Singh, a software engineer among the crowd.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.—
Barbara A. Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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One was a report from the House Intelligence Committee drafted by Republicans in 2017 and revised in 2020.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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Phoenix police revised its operations orders in February 2025, requiring officers to take extreme heat and related factors into account, said Donna Rossi, director of communications with the Phoenix Police Department.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
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There are, of course, places on Martha’s Vineyard to watch celebrities and go clubbing.—
Mary Forgione,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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In all, the Royals clubbed four homers Monday — Nick Loftin also sent one over the fence.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 July 2025
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These interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity.—
Janelle Griffith,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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There are also carefully edited gift shops like Trésors Publics, which has become a New Nice institution.—
Sloane Crosley,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
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“Touch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20up. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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