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button

[buht-n] / ˈbʌt n /
NOUN
fastener
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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

The “sparkle” icon was at the vanguard of this trend, a magical-looking diamond that suggested something incredible was behind the door if you just clicked that button.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

A disease that has troubled white button mushroom growers for more than 100 years is far more complicated than scientists previously believed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Suppose there was a big red button that he and all competitors could hit it, and say, “We’re going to pause for now and we’re going to get safe.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Without a word, she reached behind Roz’s head and pressed the button.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

The automaker doesn’t just name new cars, but everything from buildings on its properties to new buttons and switches inside its latest models, Hauman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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

Her hands shook as she punched the buttons into the safe’s keypad, entering the wrong combination.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 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

Its hair was black yarn, and its eyes were shoe buttons.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Traditionally Coke would have buttoned up term sheets before showing off new drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 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

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

Finally, without speaking or looking at me, Miss Norris swung her feet in their high, black, buttoned boots over the other side of the bed and walked out of the room.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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

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

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 began buttoning his shirt as the courier rode off—no hurry, why hurry?—and began slipping on the belt and saber.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara


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