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button

[buht-n] / ˈbʌt n /
NOUN
fastener
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"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

A brown-haired girl in Texas, not yet 2 weeks old, bled around her belly button.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

Dressed in a crisp white button up shirt and khaki pants, Doncic sat next to Reaves on the bench.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

To disengage, drivers have to press a button to the lower left of the steering wheel—an act of conscious hyperconsumption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Elliot snorted as he hit the activation button and everything went black.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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