Thesaurus results for TOUCH UP

touch up

verb

Definition of touch up

as in to perfect

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as in to flick

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Recent Examples of touch up Easily touch up your face and scalp (nothing is worse than burning the part in your hair) with this lightweight, fragrance-free, mineral sunscreen that is made to be gentle on sensitive skin. — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026 Better yet, its blurring benefits remain intact for hours post-application, nixing the need to touch up throughout the day. — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 17 June 2026 Her sister Justine Cushing, an interior designer who worked with Sister Parish, has touched up the space over the years while adhering to the muted colors of the original palette. — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 30 May 2026 Soccer fans can touch up on the stadium tenant’s history there. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for touch up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch up

Verb

Sports radio perfected play-by-play commentary and talk shows that often involved debates with fans.

— Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Mother Nature spent millions of years perfecting the maple seed’s gentle spiral to the forest floor and the fish’s swift flick through open water.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of perfect

Verb

Coming for a variety of longtime critics of the merger, opposition rose and suspicion about the settlement served to pour gasoline on an already flicking fire.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Paul Marie flicked a ball off the outside of his foot to Judd, who scored on a volley from the edge of the 6-yard box to give the Earthquakes a 3-0 lead in the 29th.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of flick

Verb

Each refillable case secures with a satisfying magnetic closure, and is polished with an alabaster finish.

— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
These natural diamonds are often cloudy and oddly shaped, and lose about 25% of their weight as they're cut and polished into what a jeweler would sell, according to Nathan Renfro, senior manager at the Gemological Institute of America.

— LAURA TURBAY, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of polish

Verb

Singapore’s education minister has confirmed that teachers are allowed to use caning to discipline unruly students in certain cases.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
In 1994, American teenager Michael Fay was caned at a Singaporean prison for vandalism, a day after his sentence was reduced from six lashes to four in response to an appeal by President Bill Clinton.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026

Definition of cane

Verb

Varma holed out in the outfield in Ahmed’s final over, but Varma motored to his 21-ball half-century by clubbing 15 runs of the fast bowler’s final four balls.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
The Art Basel fairs are clubbed under the MCH Group’s Community Platforms division, which was almost solely responsible for the jump in revenue according to Artnet News.

— News Desk, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of club

Verb

Those projections were revised down (and revised down again) after a deluge of bad buzz.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Insights like ours are revising researchers’ understanding of both the past and how people operate today, as inequality grows globally.

— Christopher von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of revise

Verb

For decades, the European Union has led the world in implementing policies designed to cut emissions, creating the world’s most important price on carbon and crafting the rules of the road for a wide range of regulatory efforts.

— Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
Staff cut raw chicken and then proceeded to cut lamb without washing, rinsing and sanitizing cutting boards and prep tables.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of cut

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