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Recent Examples of touch up
Simone Biles, 28, was snapped touching up her makeup before her floor routine, using a five dollar NYX lip liner and Fenty Beauty setting powder.
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Brittany Talarico, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Ulta expects net sales for the year will be between $11.1 billion and $11.2 billion, a touch up from $11 billion to $11.2 billion.
—Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
In one snap, hairstylist Barry Lee Moe can be seen touching up the Unstoppable actress' sleek twisted updo.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere in the video, Doja Cat and Jack Harlow touch up on each other without kissing in various restaurant locations, including the kitchen.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
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Brittany Talarico, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Ulta expects net sales for the year will be between $11.1 billion and $11.2 billion, a touch up from $11 billion to $11.2 billion.
—Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
In one snap, hairstylist Barry Lee Moe can be seen touching up the Unstoppable actress' sleek twisted updo.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere in the video, Doja Cat and Jack Harlow touch up on each other without kissing in various restaurant locations, including the kitchen.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch up
Verb
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The actor was surprised by how heavy swords were, but perfected his moves.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
21 May 2025
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The regime has perfected a model in which communication is a currency of obedience, and isolation is the most effective form of punishment.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
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With it, of course, comes a fair share of big budget popcorn flicks, as well as a collection of curious smaller movies that may just capture the cultural conversation.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025
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Rabanne’s signature metal mesh seems in its element as Brazilian funk dancers shimmy their shoulders and flick their feet at lightning speed.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
21 May 2025
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The company has also really polished its software over the years, offering lots of customization.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
23 May 2025
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Pryor was a savant at polishing his challenging circumstances and debilitating neuroses into crowd-pleasing material, and this is broadly how he’s remembered in comedy history.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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What great fun to read about Monty and Rose, Searocket and Imani, Sage, Uncle Larry, Pepper and Blaze, just to name a few, and actually see photos of them, courtesy of skilled photojournalists.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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The share who said students should learn to read in kindergarten increased to 80 percent from 31 percent.—
Claire Cain Miller,
New York Times,
31 May 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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Rattan appears in just the stool and card table, while complementary materials like raffia, caning, and jute help anchor the room with a neutral foundation.—
Monika Biegler Eyers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
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Against this backdrop, Canberra, too, is revising its defense priorities from top to bottom.—
ELY RATNER,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
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That’s the number of times the Trump administration has either announced new tariff policies or revised existing ones since Trump’s inauguration in January, as tallied by The Washington Post.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Valdez fired the game’s first pitch at 7:12 p.m. Tampa Bay Rays leadoff man Jose Caballero clubbed the second into the Crawford Boxes for a solo home run.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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Witt clubbed a 442-foot home run off Casey Mize in the first inning with the ball landing in the water in left-center field.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2025
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The broadcast version of this story was edited by Arezou Rezvani and produced by Taylor Haney.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
29 May 2025
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This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
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