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Recent Examples of unbuttonVisitors this year have included Billie Jean King, Judy Murray, Sir Trevor Nunn, and Dustin Hoffman, who loosened his necktie and unbuttoned the top button of his shirt during the final match of his afternoon last week.—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 11 July 2024 This technique allows stage actors to tear off their clothes during short scene changes during a play, instead of wasting precious time unbuttoning them.—Alex Haddon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024 However, they’re placed on the sides of the legs so shoppers can have the option to wear the dress as is or to unbutton the sides for an easy-breezy, leg-baring look.—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2024 After a taste of the Da Bomb hot sauce, Klum stunned an unassuming Evans by unbuttoning her denim top to fan herself off from the heat.—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for unbutton
The entire bag can unzip to become a quilt if that’s more your speed.
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Alice Bennett,
Travel + Leisure,
29 May 2025
Lotus’s Kelly is more comfortable with expressing a level of queerness, unzipping a gray sweatshirt to reveal a pink crop top, whereas Gbaje’s Quentavius is more bottled up.
His bow tie wants to be untied, his vest buttons unfastened, his top hat removed.
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James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
On Black Friday last year, with the Chiefs and Raiders reserved for a national TV audience, quarterback Patrick Mahomes slammed a football between his hands and angrily unfastened his chin strap before yelling toward the sideline.
Pictured below, Greenpeace’s admonishment to the groom, a ground banner unfurled in St. Mark’s square on June 23.
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Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
The show unfurls chronologically and thematically, each subject demarcated with vivid walls thanks to the set design by Paf Atelier under the artistic direction of Anette Lenz, who was inspired by Poiret’s use of bold Fauvist colors throughout his career.
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