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Recent Examples of touch up
It can also be used for contouring, highlighting, and touching up.
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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
The festival kicked off on Aug. 28 and will continue until Sept. 7, with stars including Blanchett, Clara Galle, Kaya Scodelario and Ncuti Gatwa — as well as some festival guests — touched up in the brand’s Luminous Silk line.
—Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
During the artistic gymnastics women’s team final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Simone Biles was photographed touching up her makeup with a Fenty Beauty palette.
—Lindy Segal, Allure, 14 Aug. 2024
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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
The festival kicked off on Aug. 28 and will continue until Sept. 7, with stars including Blanchett, Clara Galle, Kaya Scodelario and Ncuti Gatwa — as well as some festival guests — touched up in the brand’s Luminous Silk line.
—Allyson Portee, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
During the artistic gymnastics women’s team final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Simone Biles was photographed touching up her makeup with a Fenty Beauty palette.
—Lindy Segal, Allure, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch up
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Luckily, hiking leggings have come a long way as outdoor brands like The North Face, Fjallraven, and Columbia have put their innovative technologies towards perfecting these lightweight bottoms and their counterparts.Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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Make sure to perfect the hinging motion from your hips before attempting this exercise.Leoni Jesner, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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State Farm, however, says flicking on the high beams may cause an animal to scurry away.Gary Stoller, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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There’s a nostalgic tinge to this for kids of the ’90s, and the action flicks between the 1996 crash and the survivors coming together again 25 years later.Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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High school seniors are now in the midst of the college admissions process; writing essays, polishing college lists, and preparing for interviews.Christopher Rim, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Read on to learn how to use banana peels to shine and polish silver and leather, as well as several other unusual household uses for banana peels.Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2024
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Now read the latest MacBook, iPhone, and iMac headlines in Forbes’ weekly Apple Loop news digest...Ewan Spence, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Wilson then began reading the list into her microphone.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 2 Nov. 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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These proved impractical in some instances and had to be revised.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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Yet in the new rule to revise Regulation II, the Fed proposes to lower the price cap to just 14.4 cents per transaction.John Berlau, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Noel yells at them to leave, starting a row that ends with Noel clubbing his younger brother on the head with a cricket bat.Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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Earnings beat, clubbed with a good outlook and a share repurchase program, helped UAL stock soar over 15% post its results announcement.Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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The interview has been edited for length and clarity.Karl Vick, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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