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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

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

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

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

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

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

The faces of lions are delicately piped in three dimensions on the buttons of a piece based on a suit worn by Elizabeth Taylor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

She nods, her fingers deftly producing a shirt with little brass buttons shaped like anchors.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

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

And every now and then I want to scream in frustration and kick a pillow until the stuffing comes out because it’s taken me twenty minutes to get my pants buttoned.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

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

Ms Thompson said that despite 2024 looking like it will be a challenging year, households are very good at adapting to a new lending landscape and "buttoning down the hatches."

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023

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

From Salon ● May 24, 2023

She blinks twice and finishes buttoning her coat.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson


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