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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

A built-in function lets users add films to their watchlist with the touch of a button, and watchlists are easily sortable in case you’re in the mood for something specific.

From Salon Jul. 15, 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

These guys that take your bass line and make a record by pressing a button — I think that’s cheating a bit.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 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

Maybe you can fix the whole mess by pressing the right buttons on your remote, but with four to choose from, that’s a game of roulette you’re sure to lose.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Many objects are not unique and quite a few are mass-produced, such as campaign posters and buttons and magazine covers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

What he’d thought were stones was actually a rumpled gray shirt, its buttons larger than Jack’s head.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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

The first episode featured a noticeably stiff Piker standing in front of the camera, wearing a lavender shirt buttoned up to his collar.

From Slate Feb. 18, 2025

I stuffed my papers away and buttoned my coat.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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

Navalny spent months in a punishment cell for not buttoning his uniform properly or not putting his hands behind his back when required.

From Seattle Times Feb. 26, 2024

On Instagram, Matthews shared updates of the twins, capturing moments such as La'Niyah buttoning up her sister’s sweater and the family out on a long bike ride.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2022

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

I slam open the door to the stairwell, buttoning my jacket as I book it up the steps to the roof.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott




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