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button

[buht-n] / ˈbʌt n /
NOUN
fastener
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Last month Masters told BBC Sport that Infantino had "pressed the self-destruct button" by delivering "a self-inflicted wound" over FFE.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

"We set out to identify cells that push the self-destruct button but survive anyway," Braun explains.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Andrés Chait hit the reset button with a districtwide message.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

"I think at some stage we need to open the communication channels because, you know, you can't have a conversation if you're pressing the mute button," but "so far there's no timeline for it".

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

He had a tin button pinned on it with the J.I.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

By popular demand, the capacitive switches on the Roma’s steering wheel have been replaced with tactile buttons and controllers—including, Ferrari says, the return of the iconic Start button.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

There are Oompa-Loompas of various sizes, including Rusty Goffe, from the 1971 film, who perform Oompa-Loompa dances and sing Oompa-Loompa songs and are seen offstage pushing buttons and pulling levers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Her hands shook as she punched the buttons into the safe’s keypad, entering the wrong combination.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Watch the mushrooms more than the clock; a mix containing oyster mushrooms behaves differently than a pan full of white buttons.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

All those wires and buttons had intimidated me, especially since they were so often strapped to a living person I was trying to cuff.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

“It’s an exciting time to come in as we build out the executive team to help guide the next stage and make sure we’re buttoned up for the long haul.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

“He knows how to walk a deal through step by step to make sure that everything is complete and buttoned up,” Buss said, “and that’s exactly what happened.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

Others wear American-style buttoned shirts and shorts in drab, stained colors.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Today, his home-run gait around the bases would be wobbly, and his right fist pumps would be shaky, and afterward he might need help in the locker room buttoning his shirt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025

Navalny spent months in a punishment cell for not buttoning his uniform properly or not putting his hands behind his back when required.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

Ms Thompson said that despite 2024 looking like it will be a challenging year, households are very good at adapting to a new lending landscape and "buttoning down the hatches."

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023

An old woman emerges from a shack behind the cantina, buttoning up a torn housedress.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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