as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
stop butting in on my personal life
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Recent Examples of butt in
In this case, Paramount or Netflix would be subsuming a studio that’s been successful at putting butts in cinema seats—not that getting audiences into the cinemas has been a priority for Netflix, anyway.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025
Wins put butts in the seats, get teams to the playoffs, and both mean more revenue for the future.
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
That means thousands of flights canceled, or in other words, 200,000 fewer seats and butts in the air per day.
—The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Plus, doing it on a Tuesday would be a great way to get more butts in seats on a night when attendance typically isn’t as strong.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025
Wins put butts in the seats, get teams to the playoffs, and both mean more revenue for the future.
—Eno Sarris, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
That means thousands of flights canceled, or in other words, 200,000 fewer seats and butts in the air per day.
—The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Plus, doing it on a Tuesday would be a great way to get more butts in seats on a night when attendance typically isn’t as strong.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butt in
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The law enforcement steps have alarmed election officials and Democrats who fear that the administration is building an argument for interfering in this year’s midterm elections.—
Isaac Arnsdorf,
Washington Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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That is, the government did not interfere in any way with which religious schools could receive the funds.—
David Kay,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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The models who went all the way were the ones who ceded to Banks’s worldview, who agreed to have their hair dyed and their teeth messed with and their bodies altered.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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As Nikki, a veteran killing machine, Jovovich is one mother not to be messed with.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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Although privacy advocates have praised the ability of encryption to effectively scramble messages so third parties are unable to snoop on people’s conversations, various members of law enforcement have said that doing so impedes their ability to investigate certain crimes.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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Harry suggested that information had come from eavesdropping on his phone calls or having private investigators snoop on him.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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But researchers who studied crocodiles at an outdoor recreation center near Cape Town appear to have poked a hole in that approach.—
Regina G. Barber,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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Featured in this article What’s more, hotel pillows often have other special features, including down-proof encasements (meaning feathers won’t poke through the cover over time).—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Butt in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butt%20in. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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