variants
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as in traditional
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
a button-down architectural firm would never have the imagination to produce such a cutting-edge design
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Recent Examples of button-down
Attendees wore suit jackets and button-down shirts, hijabs and keffiyehs, a type of Middle Eastern headdress.
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
Break up the set entirely by pairing the top with linen trousers or the shorts with a button-down for lounging by the pool.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
Staples like button-down shirts, pencil skirts and blazers become quirky heroes through unorthodox color pairings, awkward shapes or offbeat looks, Leverton said.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 May 2025
Wear these linen pants with a snug tee layered under an open button-down shirt, or match them with a coordinating linen top.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 24 May 2025
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
Break up the set entirely by pairing the top with linen trousers or the shorts with a button-down for lounging by the pool.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
Staples like button-down shirts, pencil skirts and blazers become quirky heroes through unorthodox color pairings, awkward shapes or offbeat looks, Leverton said.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 May 2025
Wear these linen pants with a snug tee layered under an open button-down shirt, or match them with a coordinating linen top.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for button-down
Adjective
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Il Molino di Grace (Panzano in Chianti) – Combining traditional methods with sustainability, this historic estate captures the bold yet refined character of Panzano.—
Jessica Dupuy,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The revisions, which also say the vaccines are no longer advised during pregnancy, add to the confusion surrounding the Trump administration's move to bypass the traditional system for immunization advice through expert review and CDC guidance.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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Its rustling stirs the tension in a radicalizing conservative society, while its wailing heralds the irreversible consequences of raging human emotion.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
3 June 2025
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Nawrocki, a conservative historian and amateur boxer who was backed by PiS, had presented the vote as a referendum on Tusk's 18-month-old government.—
Anna Magdalena Lubowicka,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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For more details on the nature of conventional AI versus AGI and ASI, see my analysis at the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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The image - more grainy than conventional high-resolution photographs and in black and white - appears to show the debris of several aircraft located along the runway of the Belaya military air base or parked in protective revetments nearby.—
Tom Balmforth,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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“Button-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button-down. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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