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In addition to adding a slop button, LinkedIn last month said it was phasing out an “enhance your post” feature that encouraged the use of AI tools for proofreading and rewriting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
What information can strangers find out about me at the click of a button?
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Baby Theo, who is now five months old and thriving, had gastroschisis, where the belly button does not develop properly, causing the intestines to grow externally.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
"Today it added a button that makes things up."
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
In the smooth socket where the head had just been was another button.
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
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
She found a job in a Brooklyn factory sewing buttons on coats for half a penny per button.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Normally he wore shorts and T-shirts, but today he had on a shirt with buttons all down it, and a tie even.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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
The first episode featured a noticeably stiff Piker standing in front of the camera, wearing a lavender shirt buttoned up to his collar.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025
Finally, without speaking or looking at me, Miss Norris swung her feet in their high, black, buttoned boots over the other side of the bed and walked out of the room.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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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
A smart person would respond to Carroll's new court filing by buttoning up.
From Salon ● May 24, 2023
A man, obviously awakened from sleep, came down the hall in his undershirt, buttoning on trousers.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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