push button

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Recent Examples of push button The project will also include ADA-compliant curb ramps, new posts with pedestrian push buttons and posts, pedestrian barricades, protective railings and traffic striping. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 The lid is designed with a push button, which also doubles as a handle, to provide the best seal. 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 See All Example Sentences for push button
Recent Examples of Synonyms for push button
Noun
  • Listen to the full interview by clicking on the blue play button above.
    Juana Summers, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
  • TikTok currently lets users identify songs and add them to a playlist across many music-streaming services via its Add to Music App button.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While consistency was desired and affordability attempted, this process wasn't seen as a strategic lever for procurement risk mitigation or business expansion.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • When pulled, a lever inside the car triggered a spring mechanism that dragged the wiper across the windshield’s surface, clearing it of any obstruction.
    Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • And Cronin’s bait-and-switch bit?
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Joann Hussey, communications director for the city of Hollywood, cited lower costs and higher turnout as key reasons for the city’s switch.
    Megan Vaz, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Given the consistency of this behavior over the past several years, the key now is whether the stock can once again take advantage of that structure and demonstrate that the characteristics of the longer-term uptrend remain firmly in place.
    Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Diallo and Woods missed jumpers on their teams’ final possessions, with Woods missed a 15-footer from just left of the key with a second left, forcing overtime.
    Oc Register, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Other features include dedicated physical buttons for the shutter, a zoom dial, and a piezo fan to keep things cool.
    Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The difference is that where the dial was set perfectly last season, it has now been turned too heavily towards methodical build-up.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • One of the regulars is sloshed and keeps turning the knob, switching radio stations every which way.
    E.R. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
  • On the inside, dials, switches, the steering wheel, handbrake and gear knob are also inspired by the HWM-Alta.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2026

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“Push button.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20button. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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