back button
noun
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After the last—about a town called Uncertain, Texas, where nobody can make up their mind—Cannon hit the talk-back button.
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Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Those back buttons offer gamers a key edge in competitive shooters because players never have to take their thumbs off the sticks to reload or jump.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
The bandmembers had already started packing up when studio engineer Kenny Friesen hit the talk-back button in the booth to speak to the band.
—John U. Bacon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
It's protected by hardened mineral glass instead of plastic like some previous models, and is surrounded by a digital dial, an action button, and a back button.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
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Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Those back buttons offer gamers a key edge in competitive shooters because players never have to take their thumbs off the sticks to reload or jump.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
The bandmembers had already started packing up when studio engineer Kenny Friesen hit the talk-back button in the booth to speak to the band.
—John U. Bacon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
It's protected by hardened mineral glass instead of plastic like some previous models, and is surrounded by a digital dial, an action button, and a back button.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for back button
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“Back button.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20button. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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