on the button
- accurate adj.
- applicable adj.
- appropriate adj.
- apropos adj.
- befitting adj.
- correct adj.
- dead-on adj.
- exact adj.
- fitting adj.
- germane adj.
- perfect adj.
- pertinent adj.
- pointed adj.
- precise adj.
- prompt adj.
- proper adj.
- punctual adj.
- relevant adj.
- veridical adj.
- absolutely adv.
- precisely adv.
- sharp adv.
Example Sentences
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As ever with missions to the ISS, rockets have to leave Earth pretty much on the button if they want to give their capsules a chance of catching the orbiting laboratory in a reasonable time.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2024
The app also allows players to customize the lighting of the backlit joysticks with either a single color, multiple colors, prism colors or action, where the color changes based on the button input.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2023
“It’s not like you just turn on the button, and you have vaccine ready, right? It takes time to get it done,” Kumar says.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 6, 2023
S2’s scores even account for whether a test-taker had his or her hand on the button before pushing it or higher up, which would add time.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2023
And soon enough, that’s what he was doing, nailing those vowels on the button, riding them from consonant to consonant, syllable to syllable, word to word.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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