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Recent Examples of buttonhole
While most of the seven buttons at the bottom were well-placed, six buttonholes showed loose threads upon close inspection.
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Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
In some cases, one artisan handles a single detail: the slope of a shoulder, the roll of a collar, the precise placement of a buttonhole.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
These wares are made in small workshops in Italy and Portugal, where craftspeople infuse them with high-end details such as hand-sewn buttonholes and silk bar tacks, a form of stitching that reinforces seams and pockets.
—Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025
Among a plethora of statement outerwear this season, the shearling coat — done in alpaca — came to the fore as an all-time classic to embrace, which Johnson presented in a mid-length suede version with 3D outlines for patch pockets and buttonholes.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
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Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
In some cases, one artisan handles a single detail: the slope of a shoulder, the roll of a collar, the precise placement of a buttonhole.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
These wares are made in small workshops in Italy and Portugal, where craftspeople infuse them with high-end details such as hand-sewn buttonholes and silk bar tacks, a form of stitching that reinforces seams and pockets.
—Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025
Among a plethora of statement outerwear this season, the shearling coat — done in alpaca — came to the fore as an all-time classic to embrace, which Johnson presented in a mid-length suede version with 3D outlines for patch pockets and buttonholes.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttonhole
Noun
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Hiking up her sleeve to show off a watch, Beckham wore her jacket open to show off a white sleeveless bustier top with a giant chest keyhole cutout in front.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
27 Jan. 2026
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Demi Moore brought a signature Schiaparelli motif to the brand’s spring 2026 haute couture show during Paris Fashion Week on Monday with a pair of black keyhole pumps.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This loose-fitting garment, made from 100 percent cotton, not only allows air to pass through the material, but also in and out of the relaxed neck, armholes, and hem.—
Danielle Calma,
Travel + Leisure,
13 July 2025
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It’s designed in a blend of recycled polyester and elastane jersey, with a crew neckline, vented hem, and armhole panels.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
15 June 2025
Noun
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Instead of dotting the same black scrim, like pinholes in a two-dimensional theater backdrop, the stars were scattered through space at dramatically varying distances, a vast swarm of them filling every last corner of an even vaster, more numinous, and emphatically three-dimensional darkness.—
Michael Pollan,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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His pinhole view of both markets and states leaves little room for the more complicated, sometimes antagonistic interplay between them.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There were also punctures on the outer table of the skull, injuries to the teeth and tongue, and a hemorrhage into the chest cavities, according to the filing.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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Soaking up uneven terrain is the job of dual independent suspension to the rear, there's a rear differential for stable cornering, and 20-inch cast aluminum wheels front and back are each wrapped in puncture-resistant Kenda rubber.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Just slip this over the interior door’s peephole and rest assured knowing that no one can use a device to see in.—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2026
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The audience watches the Lumière at its original speed as time hurries by within the world of Bi’s movie, the scene not breaking the fourth wall so much as boring a peephole through it.—
Dennis Zhou,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
Noun
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All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
27 Jan. 2022
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In addition to the knothole described above, the company plans to consult a community advisory committee, whose members will sign a nondisclosure agreement.—
Steven Litt,
cleveland,
4 July 2021
Noun
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Strolling past glass display cases of fossils and earthenware artifacts, my eyes landed on a rack by the main entrance with flyers advertising children’s events and local flea markets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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After the deadly attacks and the Senate chamber breach, officials closed off some of the entrances to the Capitol building.—
Aki Nace,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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From inlets covered in neon-green algae, snow-white egrets took flight over ships stacked with thousands of brightly colored containers—imagine a mash-up of Gauguin and Mondrian.—
John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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The water heater also has an inlet and outlet valve located at the top of the tank.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Buttonhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttonhole. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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