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button

[buht-n] / ˈbʌt n /
NOUN
fastener
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LinkedIn, a social media platform focused on work, introduced a button on its platform this week that allows any user to report if a post or a comment appears to be AI-generated.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

"Today it added a button that makes things up."

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Researchers also found a pair of broken glasses; an IV needle with a bottle topper; a brass item with writing, perhaps a cigarette case; and a button with Japanese-looking iconography.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 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

As they bounced along, Jad pressed the button on the back of Roz’s head.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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

I put tape on some of the many buttons in order to locate them by touch.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

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

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

On Friday, Ohtani handed back over pitch-calling duties, communicating with head shakes and nods instead of the PitchCom buttons on his arm.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

The computer had a screen, buttons with letters on them, and the finger pad that let me move the arrow thing.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

By keeping buttoned up about its plans and intentions, Team Trump appears to have spared itself the Pottery Barn rule.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 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 gets a lot of credit for bringing personality to a very buttoned up and scripted media.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 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

His alleged infractions included not washing his face at a specified time and not buttoning his clothing properly.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 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

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

Stella pulled her jacket closer, buttoning up her resentment.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper




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