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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
Lean into their relaxed elegance with a striped button-down, mid-blue jeans, and oversized sunglasses.
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2025
Whitworth, wearing a suit jacket and white button-down dress shirt, declined to speak when Crosswhite offered him the chance during his plea.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
The Triple Layer For a look that puts your layering skills to the test, contrast the shimmer of Staud’s sequin skirt with elevated essentials–start with Lisa Yang’s cashmere polo, then wrap an oversized button-down around your waist, and finish off with TWP’s Perfect Boyfriend blazer.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
The Sheldon painting depicts a young Black man standing on a sidewalk dressed in a baseball cap, jeans and a loose, untucked, long-sleeve, button-down shirt, his arms outstretched, while white people in business attire walk past him in a blur.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
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Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2025
Whitworth, wearing a suit jacket and white button-down dress shirt, declined to speak when Crosswhite offered him the chance during his plea.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
The Triple Layer For a look that puts your layering skills to the test, contrast the shimmer of Staud’s sequin skirt with elevated essentials–start with Lisa Yang’s cashmere polo, then wrap an oversized button-down around your waist, and finish off with TWP’s Perfect Boyfriend blazer.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
The Sheldon painting depicts a young Black man standing on a sidewalk dressed in a baseball cap, jeans and a loose, untucked, long-sleeve, button-down shirt, his arms outstretched, while white people in business attire walk past him in a blur.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for button-down
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Actors were brought in to pretend to be North Korean soldiers and wellwishers, and a choir of local schoolchildren sang traditional songs.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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Qiuhao Qiuhao quietly opened fashion week with a strong collection mining the idea of utilitarian aspects of Chinese traditional garments in the 1930s, which were subtly influenced by the Art Deco movement.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Most major news brands decline Pentagon censorship rules A dozen or more major media companies, including conservative-leaning newsrooms, have refused to sign a pledge to only report officially approved news from the Pentagon.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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The figures were crunched by researchers at the Institute for Legislative Analysis (ILA), an organization closely affiliated with the Institute for Legislative Advocacy, a conservative group that promotes smaller government.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
14 Oct. 2025
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By exploiting quantum states that resist thermalization, their new approach converts waste heat into electricity more effectively than conventional methods, surpassing traditional thermodynamic limits.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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Paired with wood, this resulted in a structure that’s 85 to 90 percent lighter than conventional steel structures for buildings of similar dimensions.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Button-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button-down. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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