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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
Instead of a standard button-down, it’s designed with ties at the bottom that add a more elevated style.
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Published, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
The Grammy-winning singer wore a green short-sleeve polo over a white button-down with a navy blue pleated skirt and red crew socks, while Wolff wore a brown suit.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Dart was dressed in a pinstripe suit, a black button-down shirt and a white hat.
—Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2026
Taking notes from her high-fashion style playbook, wear a corset top over a white button-down shirt and trousers for subversive edge.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 1 May 2026
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Published, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
The Grammy-winning singer wore a green short-sleeve polo over a white button-down with a navy blue pleated skirt and red crew socks, while Wolff wore a brown suit.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Dart was dressed in a pinstripe suit, a black button-down shirt and a white hat.
—Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2026
Taking notes from her high-fashion style playbook, wear a corset top over a white button-down shirt and trousers for subversive edge.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 1 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for button-down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for button-down
Adjective
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In addition to traditional treatments, there are holistic therapies like sound healing, Reiki, and shirodhara, an ancient Ayurvedic remedy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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Set along the Ashley River, guests learn traditional crabbing techniques while gaining insight into the Gullah Geechee heritage, local ecosystem, and history of the Lowcountry.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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The Religion News Service reports the speakers are almost entirely conservative Christians, a key part of the president’s political base.—
Joseph Bonasia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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The two Republicans, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and conservative commentator Steve Hilton, spoke of a halcyon California destroyed by feckless Democrats and vowed a return to those days.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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The documentary traces Hier’s path from an orthodox Jewish enclave to international prominence as the founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the nineteen-seventies, Franciscan University, a small school on a hill above the downtown, became a center for charismatic Catholicism, an expressive, theologically orthodox movement that paralleled the development of the evangelical Jesus People and secular hippie culture.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Button-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button-down. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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