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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

You can also use the stop-start defeat button but you have to press it every time you start the car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

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

He took out his marker and over a button he wrote “Reverse.”

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan

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

She found Georgia-based print shops to make pink “Senator My Boo” buttons and has been working with local Democratic activists and volunteers to distribute them at Ossoff’s rallies, including one he held Sunday in Athens.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Darth Vader sports useless tape recorder-style buttons on his chest plate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Margaret whizzed through the buttons on the back of the dress and tied the sash at the back of the skirt into a floppy bow.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Taylor wore the coat fully buttoned up, ready to throw it off for a dramatic reveal later in the evening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 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

I must not have buttoned my coat; it's flapping wildly behind me as I pedal.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

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

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

“Maybe if they need help buttoning their pants, I’ll have them come out of the bathroom and I’ll help them, but that’s it,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

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

It fit me better than I expected, but I paused in the middle of buttoning it.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon


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