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Recent Examples of button
Sean Evans, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
The continuous-on button saves your hand during longer cleaning sessions, which is a nice upgrade over pricier models that require constant pressure.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Evan Clark, Footwear News, 8 Aug. 2025
Sydney Sweeney might be all buttoned up regarding her controversial American Eagle jeans/genes ad campaign, but Lizzo isn’t ready to let the scandal die down just yet.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Twist the powertrain mode knob to Track, watch the digital dash retract itself to give you a cleaner view, then activate Launch mode via a console button, and prepare to have your sense of speed lightly warped.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
The continuous-on button saves your hand during longer cleaning sessions, which is a nice upgrade over pricier models that require constant pressure.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Saks Global has buttoned up its latest financing package early.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 8 Aug. 2025
Sydney Sweeney might be all buttoned up regarding her controversial American Eagle jeans/genes ad campaign, but Lizzo isn’t ready to let the scandal die down just yet.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for button
Noun
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Empty Your Toaster's Crumb Catcher The toaster lever is easy to open, but in the rush of making breakfast, it rarely gets emptied.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Executives and entrepreneurs need to stop treating AI like a badge of innovation and start treating it like any other strategic lever.—
Rishit Lakhani,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is a line of fragrances bearing the Nissan badge and using names of certain vehicles.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Executives and entrepreneurs need to stop treating AI like a badge of innovation and start treating it like any other strategic lever.—
Rishit Lakhani,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The answer isn’t to toggle back and forth between going all out and retreating into pastoral fantasies, but to recognize that for everything, there is a season.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Activating Vesia Tuesday meant optioning Ben Casparius, who hasn’t been the same ever since the Dodgers toggled with his usage and tried stretching him out to paper over their early-season rotation injuries.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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By turning this knob, the business can strike a balance in the tradeoff between a model’s primary bottom-line/monetary value and the number of false positives and false negatives, as well as other KPIs.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The cocotte has two handles and a lid fitted with a pumpkin stem knob.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When the last clasp was undone, Rusty fell face first to the floor with a great thud.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Its small gold details include a metal pinmount logo, clasps, and a magnetic snap closure inside to keep your items secure.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Chris Jericho flexes while attempting to pin Bandido at AEW Dynasty.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Bundys’ statement said Finicum did not ram a law enforcement vehicle, pin a special agent or attempt to shoot Oregon State Police.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Electronics Finds like televisions, vintage type writers, dial phones, and vintage radios may have been saved by the homeowners for the sake of nostalgia, but might not actually work anymore.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Later in the season, as more northern waters cool off and the main hurricane development region stays toasty, the instability dial could be turned back up.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Small wax orange blossoms were attached to the center of each rosette, which was a trademark of Lowe’s designs.—
Ariana Quihuiz,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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Days earlier, Halsey revived Christian Louboutin’s mid-2000s Guitoune Flower slingbacks in sunshine satin for Venice, reintroducing the rosette pump in a modern register.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Button.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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