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Recent Examples of touch up
Tap Secret Mattifying Dry Shampoo Powder in your purse, travel cosmetic bag, or work tote to touch up greasy or flat hair on the go.
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 18 June 2025
Iconic London Glow All Over Melting Balm Stick, $30
For a head-to-toe bronze that can be touched up in a matter of seconds, consider this Iconic London balm-stick made with moisturizing squalane, plus coconut and argan oils.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
Other photos showed Kim getting her make-up touched up and her outfit adjusted.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 July 2025
After everything is cured, take the nail file to touch up any areas that look jagged from trimming.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 30 June 2025
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 18 June 2025
Iconic London Glow All Over Melting Balm Stick, $30
For a head-to-toe bronze that can be touched up in a matter of seconds, consider this Iconic London balm-stick made with moisturizing squalane, plus coconut and argan oils.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
Other photos showed Kim getting her make-up touched up and her outfit adjusted.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 July 2025
After everything is cured, take the nail file to touch up any areas that look jagged from trimming.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch up
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Of course, sponsors want CFOs to get the needle-moving value creation levers right, but sponsors also know that to reach those levers, CFOs must first perfect the basics.—
Nick Leopard,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The actor has perfected the art of playing douchey bros, like Cole in Scrubs' ninth season, as well as in films like 21 Jump Street (2012) and Neighbors (2014).—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
21 July 2025
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Whether due to devious marketing misdirection or just the viewer's first-time-watch naïveté, these flicks swerve in unexpected directions by snuffing out one of their prominent characters before the first or second act is even through.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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Johan Vásquez flicked the restart across the goal mouth and Álvarez burst past the defense, redirecting the ball from three yards just inside Matt Freese’s far post.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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The airy, high-ceilinged white dining rooms are largely intact, the wooden floors polished, the tables set with good linens, the lighting excellent.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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His work to polish his technique over the past year and change will come to the forefront this season.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
14 July 2025
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The Sealey Challenge was started by poet Nicole Sealey in 2017 with a simple goal: read a book of poetry every day in August.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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That initiative brings travelers into local classrooms to read with students, share stories, and get a firsthand glimpse of island life beyond the resort.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Visuals also showed some people receiving CPR. Uncontrollable crowd Police started caning people at one gate, leading to more chaos, said Mithun Singh, a software engineer among the crowd.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
5 June 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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One was a report from the House Intelligence Committee drafted by Republicans in 2017 and revised in 2020.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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Phoenix police revised its operations orders in February 2025, requiring officers to take extreme heat and related factors into account, said Donna Rossi, director of communications with the Phoenix Police Department.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
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The informal summit at private members club the Royal Overseas League sparked hopes relations between the two sides could improve in the coming months.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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But Schmidt’s streak ultimately ended at 28.2 innings on Saturday when Brent Rooker clubbed a solo homer in the fourth inning.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2025
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From Driven to Write: 45 Writers on the Motives and Mysteries of Their Craft, edited by Ellen Pinsky and Michael Slevin.—
Ha Jin
July 28,
Literary Hub,
28 July 2025
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Letters may be edited for length and clarity, and may be published in any medium.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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