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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for push button
Noun
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The Council of Fashion Designers of America partnered with the American Civil Liberties Union to support the ICE OUT campaign, and a handful of show attendees and designers sported the button on their lapels.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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The sleek control panel makes ice cream, shakes, smoothies, sorbet and gelato with the touch of a button.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Property tax is the most direct lever the state has for relief.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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The leaf shutter in the lens has a range from bulb to 1/500th of a second and is controlled via a mechanical film advance lever built around brass gears and mechanisms that provides a tactile experience.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2026
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The transistor acts like an automatic switch.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Feb. 2026
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With the switch, the five years’ worth of orders under NSSF Phase 2 have ULA with 25 missions ordered to SpaceX’s 23 missions, for what was originally targeted to be a 60% to 40% order ration in favor of ULA.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Police have identified a suspect in the heist, though no arrests have been made and investigators are working to nail down exactly how the thief might have been able to access her vehicle keys, authorities said.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Listening and constantly changing according to need is a key, Vasquez Greenberg says.—
Annemarie Dooling,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Feb. 2026
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The black dial shows off Roman numerals on the top half and Arabic numerals on the bottom, a distinct look designed to be legible even in dark conditions thanks to that contrast.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2026
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The series of snaps opens with the singer pretending to chat on an old-fashioned rotary dial phone while wearing a brown animal-print coat with leather and feather accents.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
17 Feb. 2026
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The knobs on the stove, the refrigerator handles, the drawer pulls, and the kitchen light switches all need a good scrub and disinfecting.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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For years, simple pine chests with large, circular knobs have been a dime a dozen at antique stores.—
Heather Bien,
Martha Stewart,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Push button.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push%20button. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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