retouched

past tense of retouch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for retouched
Verb
  • The outfit was effortlessly polished yet practical — the pants are an elegant swap for jeans and easy to wear with heels or sneakers, while the blouse-and-sweater combo is ideal for transitional weather.
    Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
  • At the office, replace your button-down shirts with rugbies—they’ll look just as polished with your oversized blazers and wide trousers.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Josephine Rozzelle edited this edition.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This edition of Forbes Daily was edited by Sarah Whitmire and Chris Dobstaff.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Data on job growth continues to fall short of forecasts, and downward revisions to past figures from the Department of Labor have reinforced the view that the Fed may need to stimulate consumer spending, lower borrowing costs and encourage investment to prevent a labor market crisis.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Such revisions, however, are considered a feature and not a bug of economic data, which is frequently revised – especially as more comprehensive information becomes readily available – to provide a clearer, more accurate picture of the dynamics in play.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The company has revised its September security update and all eligible phones will now receive the fix.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Over millennia, marine animals have honed ears and sonar-like abilities to read their world in vibrations and echoes, turning the ocean into a place both alive with sound and fine-tuned to its subtleties.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The technology has been honed for most types of vehicles First Student operates.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The year before, two French tourists were fined and expelled for skinny dipping in the canal under the moonlight.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Residing in Britain, the couple was fined a total of €450 each (about $529) and ordered to leave the historic center for 48 hours.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The entire project took around five months—a speedy time frame thanks to Stone’s careful examination of what could be reworked versus what needed to be entirely redone.
    Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Reiss’ script was a Black List find that either wasn’t reworked enough by committee or so sanded down in the studio churn that all personality was drained in the process.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The southern resident population faces exceptional challenges that have intensified reproductive failures.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Russia has intensified its long-range strikes on Ukraine.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Retouched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retouched. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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