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button

[buht-n] / ˈbʌt n /
NOUN
fastener
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Tough headwinds have the industry eyeing the reset button.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

The self-aware opening titles, which are altered with every episode, blatantly urge viewers to not hit the “skip intro” button and offers self-referential messages about the show and the experience of watching it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

After a decade or so of failing to qualify for major tournaments - since Euro 2000 - the authorities hit the reset button.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

The setup process is refreshingly simple — download, log in and hit the Quick Connect button.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2026

This was another good sign, for she was an excellent button sewer, thanks to a class at Swanburne devoted to that very skill.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Neatly labeled drawers hold hand fans, plastic snakes, buttons, buckles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

But to see him moving the levers and pushing buttons was fascinating.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Companies that gathered at the Automate conference in Chicago said many of those are already taking shape, beginning with emergency stop buttons and going all the way down to the microchip level.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

However, Kathryn said she tried everything to stop "intrusive" adverts but updating her settings or clicking on mark as spam buttons did not prevent baby adverts popping up on her feeds weeks after a miscarriage.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

She wore a yellow knit suit with matching buttons and short white cotton gloves.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

The dispute is by no means buttoned up, with the case heading into a second phase of arbitration.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 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

I think I hold the most back when I’m interviewing people on the red carpet, because I know I have to be buttoned up, and it’s about them.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2025

Not a single feather remains and Celia is once again wearing a puffed-sleeve black jacket, already buttoned over her black-and-white gown.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

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

He nodded gratitude and pulled it on, buttoning the front over his damp skin.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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