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Recent Examples of buttonhole
While most of the seven buttons at the bottom were well-placed, six buttonholes showed loose threads upon close inspection.
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Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
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.
—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
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Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttonhole
Noun
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The ravishing look featured billowing sleeves and a sultry keyhole cutout.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
4 Jan. 2026
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The little black dress included a keyhole cutout on the bodice near the bustline and a formfitting silhouette with a midi hemline.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
8 Dec. 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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His pinhole view of both markets and states leaves little room for the more complicated, sometimes antagonistic interplay between them.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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While lasers aren't the most energy-efficient tools, the beam vaporizes a mere pinhole of ice, meaning the drill uses far less total power than electric heaters.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Over the course of the season, Tommy and his father slowly tighten their bond, a process punctuated with darkly comic lines that both puncture and reflect Thornton’s and Elliott’s undeniable chemistry and gravitas.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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However, that mindset wasn't always the case for Shiffrin, who suffered a violent crash during a giant slalom (GS) Women's World Cup race in November 2024 that resulted in a five-centimeter deep puncture wound to her abdomen, just one millimeter shy of her colon.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The audience watches the Lumière at its original speed as time hurries by within the world of Bi’s movie, the scene not breaking the fourth wall so much as boring a peephole through it.—
Dennis Zhou,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
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Request to see their badge or ID through a window or peephole.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Nov. 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 of Monday evening, some entrances to the mall had been blocked by chainlink fences.—
Lesley Marin,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Other features include an entrance plaza, a new seventy-four-seat forum, an enlarged seventh-floor sky room, and three new elevators, to improve circulation.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In fact, Singer Island was once the north end of Palm Beach, until dredging created an inlet that separates the two island.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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As waves and ocean currents carried sand from northern barrier islands over decades, the inlet shifted south, closing the breach between the two islands.—
Jack Prator,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Buttonhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttonhole. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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