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Matt Fuchs, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Genna is widely recognized as one of the most dangerous planets in the entire galaxy, with everything in sight (including the unassuming plants and cute-as-a-button creatures) being potential threats.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Kenedee Fowler, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
But its appeal can’t be divorced from the romance of its history, which properly began in the 19th century when English polo players began wearing oxford shirts as their preferred uniform, complete with collars that buttoned against the body to prevent their points from flapping in the wind.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Each morning, millions of Americans press a single button for a hot cup of coffee.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Genna is widely recognized as one of the most dangerous planets in the entire galaxy, with everything in sight (including the unassuming plants and cute-as-a-button creatures) being potential threats.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
Cardigans, like the Trendy Queen Cropped Sweater, are versatile pieces that can be buttoned up and worn alone as a top itself or layered with a tank or short-sleeve underneath for warmer fall days.
—Kenedee Fowler, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
But its appeal can’t be divorced from the romance of its history, which properly began in the 19th century when English polo players began wearing oxford shirts as their preferred uniform, complete with collars that buttoned against the body to prevent their points from flapping in the wind.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for button
Noun
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Keeping a hand on the lever, the Guardian reached with her other and touched the boy’s heaving shoulder.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Apparently, the chair was missing its appendix, a lever manufactured in Hungary roughly the same shape and size as sticks of an opiate called Thebaine.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Arguably, that’s even more true today, when identifying as blue collar, country, or, yes, redneck is worn as a badge of honor by many.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Following a new Evanston policy, local police obtained the badge numbers of the federal agents involved in Friday’s arrests, Biss said.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In 2024, as reported in Nature Biomedical Engineering, Echo upgraded the hardware to allow another patient, who was bilingual, to toggle between English and Spanish.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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What connects those three results is the notion that at the season's halfway mark, there appears to be a paucity of pigskin dominance across a league where teams toggle between looking superb and sliding, varying on the week.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Neither the lid knob nor handles become too hot to touch, even when cooking food on the higher setting.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Features turn out to be like volume knobs for concepts; turn them up and the model will talk about little else.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The pants have an elastic waistband and close by a slide-in clasp and zipper.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Baguette’s design includes a front flap, magnetic clasp, unlined internal compartment with a pocket and gold-finish metalware.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Collective humanity is also at the heart of the installation My Mommy is Beautiful (2004), where visitors can write thoughts about or pin photographs of their mothers.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Some Republican lawmakers have made Mamdani an attack line in their criticism of Jeffries and Schumer amid the shutdown, trying to pin the impasse on pressure from the Democrats' left flank.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The buttons control the cooking modes, temperature setting (up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit), and cook time, which can also be conveniently adjusted using the dial.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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The elegant bean grinder features 31 settings that are dial controlled—not to mention a grind knocker on the side mitigates grind retention inside.—
Jack Byram,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His honor included an additional rosette for his actions, which was given to only about a tenth of the 33,000 soldiers and sailors who received the medal.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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The number also featured a gigantic gray rosette right smack dab in the middle.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Button.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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