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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
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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
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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
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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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