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Recent Examples of push button
The lid is designed with a push button, which also doubles as a handle, to provide the best seal.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Our audio expert, Tim Gideon, found that the on-ear push button controls were simple to use and appreciated the option to customize long presses from ANC-transparency mode toggling (the default setting) to summoning voice assistants or volume control.
—Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
The push button starter provides some race-car flavor.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Wait till the jellyfish show up and kids can push buttons to change the color of the lights and watch the jellies change with them.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 10 May 2025
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Our audio expert, Tim Gideon, found that the on-ear push button controls were simple to use and appreciated the option to customize long presses from ANC-transparency mode toggling (the default setting) to summoning voice assistants or volume control.
—Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
The push button starter provides some race-car flavor.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Wait till the jellyfish show up and kids can push buttons to change the color of the lights and watch the jellies change with them.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push button
Noun
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One wrong move can slow everything down, and there’s no easy undo button.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Listen to the full interview by clicking on the blue play button above.—
Jordan-Marie Smith,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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If interest rates are already low when the labor market crashes, the Fed won’t have much of a lever to pull to try to right the ship.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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Remember to pull the pin, aim at the base of the fire, slowly squeeze the lever and move the nozzle side to side.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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One man asked for a switch of signs.—
Asra Q. Nomani , Nikolas Lanum , Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Ball quickly sprinted to the scorer’s table and checked in to applause from the crowd, likely unaware of the switch with the starting lineup.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The key is to start where friction is highest, whether that’s customer responses, proposals, first-pass marketing copy or product listings, and introduce a simple review checklist that defines what must be accurate, what must never be claimed, and what requires human sign-off.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Her dreams of late had all been like this, trying to pack without a bag or leave the house without her keys, trying to read without her contacts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Instead of sending a specific message, as neurotransmitters do, neuromodulators dial brain activity up or down and change the brain’s overall state like a dial on a radio.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
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The center display was made larger in part by reclaiming space formerly occupied by hard navigation buttons and relocating the volume dial to the trim just below it.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The men claimed a pair of metal folding chairs set beside the campfire; Adi found a seat on a big knob of driftwood.—
Jonathan Miles,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Protect Hardware When Painting Painting can result in a real mess when stray streaks and drips land on handles, knobs, and pulls.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Push button.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20button. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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