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Recent Examples of touch up
While many in the public thought the artist touched up the piece in 2002 because it was battered by weather, the artist instead added Dr. James F. Sistrunk to the mural, Dunlap said.
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Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
The most viral makeup moment was gold medallist Simone Biles touching up her face with her Fenty Invisimatte Instant Setting & Blotting Powder and a NYX lip liner.
—Alicia Lansom, refinery29.com, 20 Aug. 2024
Jackson rarely stopped moving throughout the show and even allowed a live feed camera into her dressing room while she briefly got touched up before the encore.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Penman and Sansom had Strong’s makeup down to 30 minutes a day and would touch up his tan by having a spray booth set up right on set.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
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Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
The most viral makeup moment was gold medallist Simone Biles touching up her face with her Fenty Invisimatte Instant Setting & Blotting Powder and a NYX lip liner.
—Alicia Lansom, refinery29.com, 20 Aug. 2024
Jackson rarely stopped moving throughout the show and even allowed a live feed camera into her dressing room while she briefly got touched up before the encore.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Penman and Sansom had Strong’s makeup down to 30 minutes a day and would touch up his tan by having a spray booth set up right on set.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch up
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Why Holiday Food Giveaways Always Win Krispy Kreme has perfected the art of turning a holiday into a viral event.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Frette Oasis Bathrobe $825 Frette Material Sizes Available Frette’s been perfecting their luxury home goods for almost 200 years, meaning their textiles are the real deal.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
10 Mar. 2025
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The light bulb flicks on and Belinda makes the connection, and is able to place that eerily familiar face.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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His idea is to splice together VHS scenes from Bollywood movies with Buster Keaton and Chaplin flicks, a crime waiting to be discovered.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Loungewear sets are a common airport outfit, but Markle’s striped button-down shirt and matching flared pants looked comfortable, but also polished enough to wear to work or dinner.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2025
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Plus, like all Essie polishes, the creamy formula is vegan, salon-quality, and priced affordably.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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My heart started pounding a little after Sigmon's lawyer read his final statement.—
Jeffrey Collins,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Aside from – but not in place of – the pleasure, the experience, and the life balance, reading, more than any other activity, develops our critical thinking skills, the glaring lack of which was fully on display during the 2024 election campaign.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Furnishings vary from room to room, featuring different styles of settees, including some made from caning and wicker materials.—
Lori Weisberg,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
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The abolitionist Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner was caned nearly to death on the floor of the Senate in 1856.—
Kori Schake,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Apr. 2019
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After the order was signed, the NCAA revised its own policy on trans athletes in women’s sports, though the revision has been seen as controversial by some.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
4 Mar. 2025
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The settlement also revises the penalty structure for a school that exits the ACC’s grant of rights, a term of art that refers to a school permitting its intellectual property and media rights to be used by the conference and its business partners.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Brat is a party album that functions year-round for clubbing teenagers and teary moms-to-be alike.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
29 Jan. 2025
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Follow more of our reporting on Miami Beach Miami Beach Want to go clubbing in South Beach circa 1993?—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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Trump first sued the network a few days before the November election, alleging that the program had violated a Texas consumer protection law by deceptively editing an interview with Kamala Harris.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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But as their power supplies wane, scientists are saying goodbye to one instrument on each spacecraft By Meghan Bartels edited by Clara Moskowitz NASA’s most distant observers are losing steam as the toll of spending nearly five decades in space adds up.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Touch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20up. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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