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Recent Examples of buttonhole
Among a plethora of statement outerwear this season, the shearling coat — done in alpaca — came to the fore as an all-time classic to embrace, which Johnson presented in a mid-length suede version with 3D outlines for patch pockets and buttonholes.
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Sandra Salibian, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
The buttons and buttonholes align and are sturdy, yet discretely hidden under an attractive fold.
—WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Washington — In December 2022, Paul Whelan was sitting in a factory at a Russian labor camp in Mordovia, more than seven hours east of Moscow, adding buttons and buttonholes to winter coats.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Every shirt in the label’s Gold Line involves 35 hours of detailed handwork, including buttonholes that take 45 minutes of stitching each.
—Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2024
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Sandra Salibian, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
The buttons and buttonholes align and are sturdy, yet discretely hidden under an attractive fold.
—WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Washington — In December 2022, Paul Whelan was sitting in a factory at a Russian labor camp in Mordovia, more than seven hours east of Moscow, adding buttons and buttonholes to winter coats.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Every shirt in the label’s Gold Line involves 35 hours of detailed handwork, including buttonholes that take 45 minutes of stitching each.
—Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttonhole
Noun
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The dress has a high neckline, keyhole detailing, and a stylish tiered maxi skirt that gives it shape and structure.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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The unique design with keyhole cuts makes for a striking swimsuit with multiple floral fabrics.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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It’s designed in a blend of recycled polyester and elastane jersey, with a crew neckline, vented hem, and armhole panels.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
15 June 2025
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Pino tucks his thumbs in the armholes of his bullet-proof vest like a Wild West sheriff.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The top of the frame also has mic mute and volume buttons, as well as pinholes for the far-field microphones.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
26 Nov. 2024
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Above the pad, there's a pinhole microphone and buttons for power, input, settings, user profiles, and Google Assistant, along with dedicated service buttons for Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Netflix, Tubi, and YouTube, plus a sixth customizable shortcut.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Agudelo was transferred to Elmhurst Hospital where she was treated for numerous skull fractures, a puncture wound to her temple and multiple abrasions, according to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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The Zainichi documentary filmmaker Park Soo-nam interviewed Korean hibakusha who subsequently arrived in Japan to receive specialized care—for puncture wounds, missing eyes—forty years after the fact.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Visitors to the museum can watch her through peepholes and via feed from a security camera.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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In one room, Elliott, eyes squinting and face slicked with sweat, lies on his belly on a makeshift platform watching the street through a large, jagged peephole punched in the wall.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
27 Jan. 2022
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In addition to the knothole described above, the company plans to consult a community advisory committee, whose members will sign a nondisclosure agreement.—
Steven Litt,
cleveland,
4 July 2021
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But according to the New York Times, the preliminary report claims the bombing sealed off the entrances to two Iranian nuclear facilities, but failed to collapse the structures beneath those openings.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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Shahn paints himself, camera in hand, at the entrance of a church in Brooklyn where a sermon criticizing one of his murals had been delivered.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
24 June 2025
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When an inlet on Haugen's street fills, a trapdoor opens and dumps the contents into a 20-inch steel tube below the street.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
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On the sides, an additional inlet on the side strakes complements the enormously wide scoops that debuted on the Z06.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
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“Buttonhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttonhole. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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