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button

[buht-n] / ˈbʌt n /
NOUN
fastener
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Accessorizing the lock box was a button with bold white lettering screaming at me to “PUSH FOR ASSISTANCE.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

He compared autonomy to the development of Microsoft Word -- concentrating on swarms was like obsessing over the button that makes text italic, instead of the whole programme.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

"It's a hot button issue in a way that it may not have been six months previously," says Rodger Shanahan, a Middle East expert at the Lowy Institute.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

She struggles to find the on/off button on the remote and the TV.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

One button went beneath the dining room windowsill, just below the mirror which gave onto the side door.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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