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finishing touch

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  1. A small change or addition that serves to complete something. For example, The room still needed a few finishing touches, such as a flower arrangement. This expression is sometimes put as a finishing stroke. [c. 1700]


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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

De Jong delivered the finishing touch to give Barca a two-goal lead at the break.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

But after managing 14 in their past two matches - including a 9-1 League Cup win at Liverpool in December - Chelsea seem to have rediscovered their finishing touch.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2026

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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