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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
While at the game, the couple color-coordinated their ensembles with Markle wearing a white button-down shirt with a navy sweater draped over her shoulders with dark pants, while Harry donned a navy blazer over a white T-shirt with dark trousers.
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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Lemmon takes on the sheer look in a diaphanous black silk organza skirt and jacket layered over the tricolor, while Jacobson leaves her suit jacket open to show off an ab-baring cropped button-down and midi skirt.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Duchess Meghan, a native Angeleno, wore a crisp white button-down, paired with sleek, dark-wash pants and a sweater draped over her shoulders.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
What To Know The man also wore a button-down uniform shirt with a badge, WDIV reported.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Lemmon takes on the sheer look in a diaphanous black silk organza skirt and jacket layered over the tricolor, while Jacobson leaves her suit jacket open to show off an ab-baring cropped button-down and midi skirt.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Duchess Meghan, a native Angeleno, wore a crisp white button-down, paired with sleek, dark-wash pants and a sweater draped over her shoulders.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
What To Know The man also wore a button-down uniform shirt with a badge, WDIV reported.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for button-down
Adjective
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Current challenges Building Electric Road Systems (ERS) is significantly more expensive than traditional highway construction.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Some suggest this is because climate change is interfering with the flowering and pollination of some of the animals’ traditional sources of food.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Like most conservative economists at the time, Hassett was a staunch deficit hawk, an advocate of higher levels of immigration, and, above all else, an unabashed free trader.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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The town sees some daylight in the financial calculations it's made, says its estimates are conservative.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Leo took part in celebrations for the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in the northwestern town of Iznik, alongside the spiritual leader of eastern orthodox Christians, Patriarch Bartholomew.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
28 Nov. 2025
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Tinubu’s two-year presidency has focused on fixing Nigeria’s ailing economy by cutting fuel subsidies, engineering a return to orthodox monetary policy at the central bank, taming inflation, and introducing a new tax regime.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Button-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button-down. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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