touch (on)

verb

Definition of touch (on)next
as in to seem
to come very close to being that behavior touches on insanity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch (on)
  1. seem
  2. resemble
  3. suggest
Verb
  • The largest concentration of outages seems to be in New York City.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • None of that seemed likely — or even possible — before Samuelson’s win.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of seem
Verb
  • Skipping ahead hundreds of millennia, researchers uncovered stirring examples of prehistoric peoples’ artistic inclinations: a sand sculpture that may have been shaped to resemble a blue stingray around 130,000 years ago and a 130,000-year-old bear bone featuring Neanderthal carvings.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The main floor was repainted in warm, dark colors to resemble the coffeehouse Gerde’s Folk City—i.e., the site of Dylan’s first major professional gig.
    Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of resemble
Verb
  • Many scholars have pointed to evidence that suggests both the CIA and the mafia were involved in the assassination.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Now, the study that suggested its use in COVID is retracted.
    Beth Greenfield, Fortune Well, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of suggest
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“Touch (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20%28on%29. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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