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
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
Stafford’s short scoring strike to Adams in the third quarter put the game out of reach, and Kyren Williams’ short touchdown run early in the fourth provided the finishing touch.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 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
A pair of green suspenders, more decorative than useful, gave the finishing touch, for he was shoeless and there was a twig tucked between the toes of one foot.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
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