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Recent Examples of button
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
The beaters are dishwasher-safe and easily removed with the press of a button.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2026
While some netminders tend to button up in big situations, Dostál seems increasingly eager to not only play the puck but make plays with it as the stakes elevate.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Nov. 2025
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Noun
It was well appointed and modern, with a sleek and nicely stocked wet bar, and curtains that swiftly opened or closed at the touch of a button.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
The beaters are dishwasher-safe and easily removed with the press of a button.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
By the time the Yankees’ 2025 season came to an end, Carlos Rodón couldn’t bend his money-making left arm or button a shirt.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2026
While some netminders tend to button up in big situations, Dostál seems increasingly eager to not only play the puck but make plays with it as the stakes elevate.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for button
Noun
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The neck region functions as a lever arm, amplifying movement generated by the head.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 Apr. 2026
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The move highlights how location decisions have become a core lever for cost, talent, and growth.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Andre White Accountability must apply to everyone who wears this badge.—
Opinion Staff,
Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Squeezing into the playoffs, when eight of 15 in each conference advance, is little more than a badge of mediocrity.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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His most successful offenses in Baltimore were built around one of the most dynamic, dual-threat quarterbacks in NFL history, Lamar Jackson, who could toggle between power run concepts, RPO-heavy designs, and vertical play-action shots.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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At his dining-room table, in a new home in a scraggly stretch of New Orleans’s Seventh Ward, Rob toggled between Facebook and WhatsApp on both his phone and laptop.—
Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This peripheral features silent key switches with additional sound-damping material in the chassis, as well as dedicated shortcut keys and a volume knob.—
Aubrey Jowers,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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The video depicted fingers on a MIDI keyboard, turning knobs, pushing buttons and supposedly composing the song in real time.—
Sam Davies,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Cami secured her walking archive with a sturdy brass clasp and slung the bag over her shoulder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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The 41 mm white-gold case, dial, crown, and even the white-gold clasp on the blue alligator leather strap have been entirely iced out.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Meanwhile, the flop of the funding deal has given Democrats another chance to pin the partial shutdown on House Republicans.—
Stephen Groves,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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When gas prices are up, the party not in power is likely to pin it on the party in power.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Sonya and Jason, the inn's effervescent community coordinators seem to have every islander on speed-dial and will plan and replan your itinerary as many times as needed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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The dial is all about legibility, with white markings over a black surface, including a larger-than-usual tachymeter scale printed on one of the deepest flanges in the business.—
Carol Besler,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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To indicate he has been accounted for, a rosette will be placed next to his name.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sprinkle Mosquito Bits granules into the water that collects in the center of the leafy rosette to prevent Aedes mosquitoes from breeding there.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Button.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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