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button

[buht-n] / ˈbʌt n /
NOUN
fastener
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“It was like the moment I pushed that button to submit for prior authorization, they didn’t even wait for my physician’s paperwork,” Noonan said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

In the lion-shaped appearance of the nebula, this stellar remnant resembles a small button nose.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Throughout the show, his chosen family is on stage with him, punctuating his stories with songs that give each anecdote an emotional button.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

"You pressed a magic button inside of me and I fell into a galaxy of unrealised dreams," the pop superstar wrote on Instagram on Saturday.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

I feel like things are moving super fast—like somebody hit the 2x button on my life remote.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

They figure out how to disable alarms and alerts, or stick tape on digital dashboards to mimic old-school buttons.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

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

Unsurprisingly, they were so disgusted by their own appearance that they had draped themselves in a kind of fur-substitute, held together with primitive buttons and zippers.

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

It’s good the NFL isn’t as buttoned up as it used to be regarding its public image, although it’s probably wishing this story would go away.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 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

He buttoned it up over his hoodie, grabbed his backpack, and then slipped out the back door and jumped the fence.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

“I’m very happy,” he said, “with the way audiences have embraced the show, and with the journey that Taylor has created in the present time and in buttoning it up the way he always would.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 13, 2024

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

From Salon May 24, 2023

She girds herself for the interrogation; taking a few deep breaths — decisive, metallic — and buttoning her jacket as if it might shield her from danger.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2022

He had hurried out and called Sounder and looked under the house before he had finished buttoning his shirt, but his mother had made him come in.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong




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