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button

[buht-n] / ˈbʌt n /
NOUN
fastener
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The checkout button may also matter less if AI starts to do the shopping. Amazon.com has tools that track a price and buy when it drops.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

While Damodaran might publish one or two valuations a month, the bot can run that same analysis across the entire S&P 500 with the push of a button.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Pronto advertises hourly services ranging from window cleaning to "after-party express clean-ups", while Urban Company offers everything from repairs to salon treatments at the touch of a button.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

"What we're not about is loading something on a machine and pressing a button."

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

So she pressed a button on the wall, the door slid open, and she stepped inside.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

He posed for photos with supporters, who wore buttons declaring him “the people’s candidate.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

When this was realised, the automated blue-flag system was disconnected and the FIA relied on marshals showing blue flags or pressing the buttons that operate the blue-light panels trackside.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

But to see him moving the levers and pushing buttons was fascinating.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Maybe you can fix the whole mess by pressing the right buttons on your remote, but with four to choose from, that’s a game of roulette you’re sure to lose.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

She nods, her fingers deftly producing a shirt with little brass buttons shaped like anchors.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The dispute is by no means buttoned up, with the case heading into a second phase of arbitration.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

It’s good the NFL isn’t as buttoned up as it used to be regarding its public image, although it’s probably wishing this story would go away.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

Appearing remotely via video-link wearing a partially buttoned pale blue shirt, Brand, the ex-husband of popstar Katy Perry, only spoke to confirm his name and his date of birth.

From Barron's Jan. 20, 2026

A year after graduating, he began designing menswear at Stirling Copper and was responsible for the body-hugging, buttoned trousers Sir Mick Jagger wore during The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter tour in 1969.

From BBC Dec. 17, 2025

I glanced down to make sure I hadn’t buttoned my yellow silk shirt wrong or something, but no, my clothes were fine.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

Instead of clocking into a cubicle for a traditional 9-to-5 and buttoning corporate uniforms each morning, some new grads are spinning records from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. or writing Substack newsletters from cafes.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

“I’m very happy,” he said, “with the way audiences have embraced the show, and with the journey that Taylor has created in the present time and in buttoning it up the way he always would.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 13, 2024

We first hear the song as Tony is getting ready to go out, blow-drying his hair, trying on various gold chains and meticulously buttoning his best dress shirt.

From Salon Dec. 18, 2022

She girds herself for the interrogation; taking a few deep breaths — decisive, metallic — and buttoning her jacket as if it might shield her from danger.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2022

I, panic-stricken, buttoning my shirt as fast as my numb fingers would go, started to say something but he made a quick, shushing gesture at me with his hand.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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