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retouch

[ree-tuhch, ree-tuhch, ree-tuhch] / riˈtʌtʃ, ˈriˌtʌtʃ, riˈtʌtʃ /


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In her statement, the 42-year-old princess chalked up the alteration to a photographer’s innocent desire to retouch the image.

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2024

The sponge tool, on the other hand, works to help retouch images by saturating or desaturating color, allowing users to fine-tune how vibrant their images and art look.

From The Verge Dec. 14, 2021

Greene told Fox News that her daughter’s school picture hadn’t even been taken yet when she was given the option to retouch the photo.

From Fox News Nov. 2, 2021

They would rewrite history books, or retouch photographs, if they showed uncomfortable truths about the past.

From Washington Post Feb. 8, 2019

You could retouch the paint on the bathroom windowsill, and after you do it you could warn me so that I don’t put my watch on it.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

To this day, when the pool is drained, the hotel retouches the lines, refreshing Hockney’s iconic blue half-moon marks every year or so.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2025

She examines it, retouches it, and notices that that upper lip is remarkably similar to the Mona Lisa.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2021

Once inside, Hannah retouches her makeup and arranges herself on the couch.

From The Guardian Jun. 21, 2015

Following Mass, Francis will remove seals on papal apartments so that crews can do small retouches before the new pope moves in.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 14, 2013

Joachim, and the shepherd with the larkspur cap, are both quite safe; the other shepherd a little reinforced; the black bunches of grass, hanging about are retouches.

From Mornings in Florence by John Ruskin

This work was done by Gardena-based company KC Restoration, which retouched and treated each damaged or cracked tile with the type of care and attention to detail used by painting conservators, Denk said.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2025

He also found scrapers and other retouched pieces known as Mousterian stone artifacts that suggested the cave had been used by Neanderthals.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2023

For teens, this seamless integration of celebrities and retouched versions of real-life peers presents a ripe environment for upward social comparison, or comparing yourself to someone who is “better” in some respect.

From Scientific American Oct. 26, 2023

Norway introduced a law in 2021 that requires these two social media groups to indicate whether a photograph has been retouched.

From BBC May 14, 2023

Someone had retouched the photo and painted Henrietta’s face an unnatural yellow.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

His large-scale, photorealistic paintings render L.A.’s visual language through tools like commercial photo retouching, Hollywood set painting and manual sign painting traditions, creating a unique commentary on image making and the city’s systems of communication.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2026

Some kinds of retouching require old-school edits from other Adobe software like Lightroom.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 2025

The BBC's Emma Vardy said she was retouching her makeup for some final Oscars filming when the quake struck.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2025

The proud grandmother revealed that she told magazine staffers she did not want retouching done on her SI Swimsuit photos — even dishing that she had a cheeseburger the day before her shoot.

From Seattle Times May 15, 2024

It startled Ifemelu, how much a relaxer retouching cost at Aunty Uju’s hair salon; the haughty hairdressers sized up each customer, eyes swinging from head to shoes, to decide how much attention she was worth.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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