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touch

[tuhch] / tʌtʃ /








VERB
make mention
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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The last time Apple tried to add a touch screen to a MacBook Pro—the Touch Bar in 2016—it ended up being a less-than-ideal experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Winter asked: "Will they touch you with a bargepole?"

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Mirren, meanwhile, said she embraced the freedom her character offered, infusing the role with her own personal touch.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Consumers like the option, but only 11% buy a touch laptop and they rarely pay extra for it,” says Francisco Jeronimo, IDC’s vice president of worldwide devices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Heat washed over me in waves as I tried not to think too hard about how nice Oliver’s smile was, whether that brief touch had been accidental or intentional...

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

The film touches on the theme of humanity in a future shaped by AI.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

"All of the research done demonstrates that those players having more touches of the ball are more engaged in the game," John Folwell, the FA's head of grassroots coach development, told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Tore Andre Flo was a menace for Premier League defenders not merely because of his tall, gangly frame but for the silky touches the Norwegian often showed with his giant boots.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The film’s multigenerational story touches on the cultural inheritance passed between mothers, daughters and grandmothers — whether through old traditions or ordinary rituals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

She touches her hand to her own heart.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

"It ends up in facilities like ours where it will be touched by people and that's inherently unsafe."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The ad was so nasty and deceptive that no serious media figures beyond the fact checkers touched it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Songs like “Uwu,” “Tierra,” “Mundi” and “Guerra” touched on themes of displacement, colonialism and more — all years before Benito did the same on “DTMF.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The meeting touched off a month of around-the-clock calls and video conferences.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

I sat down next to him and touched his hair and his little shoulders, and his neck that was almost too thin to hold up his head.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

While the material is lighter here, his work is no less touching, posing questions about differences within a relationship that go beyond the obvious, surface-level titular joke.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

During each successive cycle, the side touching the ground switches, and the stroke changes direction from left to right or right to left.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Almost half an hour passed without Wade even touching the ball, a period during which England fly-half George Ford kicked a penalty for the visitors for the only points before half-time.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“No touching, no nothing. Given that, the logical solution is to get married.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The spirits’ repertoire expanded to include playing guitars and touching mortal hands.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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