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Recent Examples of buttonhole
In some cases, one artisan handles a single detail: the slope of a shoulder, the roll of a collar, the precise placement of a buttonhole.
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Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
These wares are made in small workshops in Italy and Portugal, where craftspeople infuse them with high-end details such as hand-sewn buttonholes and silk bar tacks, a form of stitching that reinforces seams and pockets.
—Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025
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.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
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
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Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
These wares are made in small workshops in Italy and Portugal, where craftspeople infuse them with high-end details such as hand-sewn buttonholes and silk bar tacks, a form of stitching that reinforces seams and pockets.
—Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025
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.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttonhole
Noun
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The Schiaparelli collection included derby boots with corset lacing, pointed-toe pumps and keyhole pumps.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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Private data is like viewing the economy through a keyhole—clear, but with a narrow field of vision.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This loose-fitting garment, made from 100 percent cotton, not only allows air to pass through the material, but also in and out of the relaxed neck, armholes, and hem.—
Danielle Calma,
Travel + Leisure,
13 July 2025
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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
Noun
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One day while driving, my vision began to shrink, like the end of a movie when the camera reduces to a pinhole.—
Lisa K. Friedman,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Locate the reset button (usually a small pinhole on the back).—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Henry, 5, suffered internal bleeding and puncture wounds, court documents allege, WSB-TV 2 reports.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Safer to claim and puncture by approaching from the side.—
Courtney Kampa,
The Atlantic,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Barbershop Cuts & Cocktails Finally, a speakeasy that actually uses an old-timey sliding peephole!—
Tim McGovern,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Window privacy: Close curtains and cover the peephole with tape or a sticker.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 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
Noun
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As the 126-foot-tall Twin Towers standing guard over Wembley’s entrance drew us and thousands more inexorably forward from the nearby Underground station, a love affair was born that never quite died, no matter how shabby the old place became in its final years.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Parents navigate uncertainty Wentland is in the final stretch of study preparation for the entrance exam for Alverno's nursing program.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The 52 mm black titanium case evokes the exterior of the hypercar, with the front grille flanked by two cooling inlets.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
20 Sep. 2025
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For a 360-degree, bird’s-eye-view of all of Jupiter’s stunning waterways—from the inlet to the river systems to the crystal-clear Atlantic Ocean—make the climb to the top of the iconic Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Buttonhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttonhole. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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