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Recent Examples of touch up
This super-popular pick features the brand’s signature wax coating, which repels moisture and can be touched up for years to come.
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2024
However, campaign staff will be prohibited from interacting with their respective candidates during these intermissions, denying them the opportunity for strategic consultations or to touch up the candidates’ appearance.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
It can also be used for contouring, highlighting, and touching up.
—Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Their mom Leslie, a cosmetologist, was busy at work touching up their grandma's hair when the soldiers walked in to surprise her.
—Seth Carnell, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2024
However, campaign staff will be prohibited from interacting with their respective candidates during these intermissions, denying them the opportunity for strategic consultations or to touch up the candidates’ appearance.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
It can also be used for contouring, highlighting, and touching up.
—Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Their mom Leslie, a cosmetologist, was busy at work touching up their grandma's hair when the soldiers walked in to surprise her.
—Seth Carnell, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch up
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The company also worked with Harman audio to perfect the sound quality.Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
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Price upon publish date of this article: $1,790 Baccarat Eye Rectangular Large Vase $2,100 Buy Now at baccarat For 180 years, Baccarat has perfected the art of crystal glass making.Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
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The game’s opening 10 minutes saw the striker lose possession after attempting to flick the ball around the corner.Carl Anka, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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As Swift started singing, fans began to flick on the flashlights on their phones until the entire stadium was illuminated.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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To complete the monochrome picture, which was styled by Annabelle Harron, Oprah polished things off with a pair of boots from the brand worn by Julia Roberts and her niece Emma Roberts, along with Selena Gomez and Katie Holmes.Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Behrends completes his process by polishing and buffing the sculpture before attaching it to the trophy.Bruce Martin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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The performance read more like a trial run for her upcoming stadium tour with Kendrick Lamar than a Christmastime jam, but honestly?KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Explore, experiment and let your one-of-a-kind essence speak for itself Comments The only thing better than reading your horoscope is keeping up with Venus transits and sprucing up your look!Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Prune the second-year, woody canes off summer-bearing raspberries once a year after the plants fruit.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2024
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In the nearly 250 years since its founding, the United States has witnessed its fair share of political violence, from four presidential assassinations to an 1856 caning on the Senate floor to a 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol that left at least five dead.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
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Although the Fed's expected to trim its short-term, benchmark fed funds rate again by a quarter percentage point, many economists expect the central bank to signal a slower pace of rate cuts next year and revise its economic outlook.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Early reports were that at least four people were killed, though police have since revised that figure to three.Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Dec. 2024
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What does one wear in Las Vegas, i.e. the clubbing capital of the world?Willow Lindley, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
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Projection model ranks contenders in wild NFC West Watch F1 while clubbing?New York Times, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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This conversation has been edited for length, clarity and continuity.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Disney declined comment on the nature of the specific storyline that was cut or how much was edited or removed, but confirmed its removal.Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
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