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button

[buht-n] / ˈbʌt n /
NOUN
fastener
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It's a sign that, with practically every song ever recorded available at the press of a button, people are increasingly seeking out the classics - or what the music industry categorises as "deep catalogue".

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Touch ID is built into the Duo’s power button, and I missed the simplicity of Face ID, as well as the programmable action button, which I use daily to trigger my Pro’s flashlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Players can now freely control the camera, and this time Link can jump with the press of a button.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

If you’ve been hovering over that “subscribe to Slate Plus” button, now is the time to join.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

I took my paw off the teleport button.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

In some cases this means panic buttons and armed private security forces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Ermanno Scervino, for his part, unveiled a "corsair" woman, in a wide red and beige jacket with gold buttons, worn over a mini-short.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Life is demanding, and everyone wants something that presses on the “good feeling” buttons in our brains.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

Watch the mushrooms more than the clock; a mix containing oyster mushrooms behaves differently than a pan full of white buttons.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

It’s where she puts her things now, the extra magazines to cut and the string and marbles and buttons and whatever else she finds on the street.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

It’s hard to get buttoned up and take things seriously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

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

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

As he buttoned up a professional baseball uniform for the first time in his life, he understood that he was becoming the guinea pig in an experiment that has the whole industry watching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 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

Today, his home-run gait around the bases would be wobbly, and his right fist pumps would be shaky, and afterward he might need help in the locker room buttoning his shirt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025

It can get worse over time and make daily activities like buttoning a shirt difficult.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024

A smart person would respond to Carroll's new court filing by buttoning up.

From Salon ● May 24, 2023

I changed my socks and began buttoning my dress shirt, avoiding their eyes, trying to think of how I’d say it.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith


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