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Recent Examples of button-down Ciara paired the suit with a simple white button-down dress shirt with long sleeves that flared out of the cuffs of the blazer. Julia Teti, WWD, 29 Jan. 2025 Weinstein, who was wheeled into court at 10:45 a.m., wore a navy suit and white button-down shirt, as well as a tie. Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025 The oversized, chunky button-down sweater pairs well with a cami, and the pull-on jogger-style pants are loose enough to sit cross-legged. Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2025 Thompson also dabbled in the sheer trend, wearing a see-through button-down shirt beneath her suit. Marissa Muller, WWD, 25 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for button-down 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for button-down
Adjective
  • One big hope is that increased physical play makes Sweden more competitive at the international level against traditional hockey powers like the United States, Canada and Finland.
    Steve Douglas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
  • But in the ever-shifting paradigm of how a movie gets released, sometimes an online platform premiere (and its inevitable possible consequences) is the next best thing to a more traditional word-of-mouth generator like a marketing budget or in-person premiere.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The backlash against these policies has been especially pronounced among veterans, whose families have historically provided the largest share of recruits—and who tend to be more politically conservative.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The game plan had to change to something more conservative, more repeatable, more robust.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Interest in Slavia Prague’s El Hadji Malick Diouf, a more conventional left wing-back option, was frustrated by the Czech club’s valuation of the 20-year-old.
    Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Its reliance on engineering fundamentals instead of conventional machine learning ensures its robustness and reliability in critical applications.
    Grace Butler, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025

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“Button-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button-down. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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