touched up

past tense of touch up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for touched up
Verb
  • Flagship missions, meanwhile, will continue following their current procedures, which were recently revised based on lessons learned from a study of best practices examining the development of JWST.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Fannie Mae recently revised its previous projections for mortgage rates to adjust them even higher.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Suarez fought off an Atlanta defender to reach the ball in the box and flicked a lofted cross toward Berterame.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Ojeda flicked a back-heel volley, off a feed from Griezmann, past goalkeeper Sean Johnson and inside the left post to give Orlando a two-goal lead in the 22nd.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Brewster-walker guides me up a back road to a grassy knoll dotted with gravestones polished smooth by the salt breeze.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
  • As part of the extensive refurbishment, the vehicle was rid of some aftermarket add-ons and had its exterior smoothed out and polished to a brilliant, like-new shine.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The defense once again gave the offense an opportunity, forcing an Argyle punt, and this time, Heritage capitalized with a 2-yard rushing TD from Vargas to cut the lead to 7 points.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Later that month, Achilles, a university lecturer, cut a campaign ad in the spirit of a tongue-in-cheek corporate training video on how to avoid starting a foreign war.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • For more than 70 years, Mexico’s powerful Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) perfected a key political transaction.
    — Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In the post–Cold War era, the United States has perfected the art of airpower—winning control of the skies so that enemy armies, navies, and territory can be bombed at will—to a degree that no country or even alliance of countries has matched.
    — Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The economic historian Paul David wrote a paper in 1990 that anyone modeling AI productivity should read.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The couple knows reading can transform a child's path in life.
    — Sharon Chin, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Volkswagen has also reworked the center console, relocating the gear selector to the steering column to free up additional space for storage and wireless charging equipment.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Zillah’s speeches have since been reworked, most notably in a 2019 production in which a Kushner-y character called Xillah debated her, framing the story with an anxious meta-narrative.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Embedded in the production of the show is the feeling of being trapped in a hall of mirrors; scenes are edited flagrantly, drowning the viewer in red herrings.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers showed respondents two versions of the same video, one edited by a human, one by AI, without telling them which was which, and asked for a blind preference before revealing anything about how either was made.
    — Muhammad Usman Qamar, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
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“Touched up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touched%20up. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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