finishing touch
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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
"We lacked the finishing touch but had some clear chances... I think the team showed up well, but in both boxes we weren't quite good enough."
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
The Eastern League champions applied the finishing touch on Jauregui’s 12-yard run with 2:03 left.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
Mookie Betts stepped on second and fired the ball to first to put the finishing touch on what might have been the greatest Game 7 ever played, four hours and seven minutes after it began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 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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