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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
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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At the same time, Takaichi is known for her hardline conservative views, like her mentor former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
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This tradition blurs the lines between right and left, progressive and conservative.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The late Presbyterian pastor Tim Keller warned that America’s two-party system draws arbitrary lines across orthodox Christianity.—
Abby McCloskey,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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An ultra-orthodox school sat adjacent to the library, and its staff supplied the settlers with sleeping mats and air conditioning for the long night.—
Ryan Byrnes,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Button-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button-down. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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