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With his sparkling blue eyes and denim shirt casually unbuttoned, Matthew McConaughey arrived at his PEOPLE's 2005 Sexiest Man Alive photo shoot, which also happened to be the 20th anniversary of the franchise, game for a good time.
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Elizabeth Leonard, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Both characters are grinning, and Briney’s shirt is mostly unbuttoned and revealing tattoos on his torso.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
His shirts are unbuttoned just a little too low.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
On Friday, Roberts offered the first glimpse of Vitale’s vision for the house in a navy blazer with a slightly oversized cut, layered over a striped button-down casually unbuttoned and pushed up at the sleeves.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
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Elizabeth Leonard, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Both characters are grinning, and Briney’s shirt is mostly unbuttoned and revealing tattoos on his torso.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
His shirts are unbuttoned just a little too low.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
On Friday, Roberts offered the first glimpse of Vitale’s vision for the house in a navy blazer with a slightly oversized cut, layered over a striped button-down casually unbuttoned and pushed up at the sleeves.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Unbutton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbutton. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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unbutton
verb
un·but·ton
ˌən-ˈbət-ᵊn 
: to unfasten the buttons of (as a garment)
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