finishing touch
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A kiss of hazelnut as a finishing touch too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
If you have an extra minute or two, you can add a small finishing touch — something that signals, to you, that you’re done.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
Gordon was given too much time by Chelsea's sloppy defence and the winger delivered a pin-point cross that invited a finishing touch.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
Freddie Freeman slammed a walk-off homer to lead off the bottom of the 18th, putting the finishing touch on one of the weirdest, wackiest, most mind-numbing contests ever staged in the Fall Classic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
As a finishing touch, she writes a catchphrase: “Fun for kids! Fun for you!”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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