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Recent Examples of unbutton
This technique allows stage actors to tear off their clothes during short scene changes during a play, instead of wasting precious time unbuttoning them.
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Alex Haddon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024
Visitors 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
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
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
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Alex Haddon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024
Visitors 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
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbutton
Verb
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While Luis and the boys wore their DC United jerseys and scarves, Silvia unzipped her coat to reveal a pink Messi jersey.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Mar. 2026
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Then, unzip the mattress on all three sides and start filling it with each layer.—
Kristi Kellogg,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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If your button-down outfit is in need of a little spice, a quick trick is to unfasten the top and slip out a single shoulder.—
Sri Rain Stewart,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
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Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But with 146 games to go, this is a work in progress still unfurling.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2026
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Feathers unfurl all around in a stunning display of 2,383 white, yellow, and brown diamonds of assorted sizes.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Well, technically in person: Shelley leaves the door ajar but doesn’t unlatch it, so Aggie has to plead her case through the crack.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
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Raven is ever attentive to the imaging of the West as a kind of battleground, where surveillance (and the camera’s inexorable links to the military apparatus) tussles with sentimentality in a centuries-long project from which the national psyche cannot seem to unlatch.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The scene unfolding outside the office building was loaded with juxtapositions.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Webbing from grand facades were narrow streets where cats sunned in doorways and artisans claimed corners for their craft, unfolding a space of inclusive second chances.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The tempo remains steady, but takes on a softer, more contemplative posture, as if urging you to unclench your jaw.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
24 Feb. 2026
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Also, unclench your butt. Take some big, deep breaths throughout the day to soften your pelvic floor muscles; then work on stretching with a deep squat or yoga poses like child's pose or happy baby pose.—
Marielle Segarra,
NPR,
26 June 2025
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“Unbutton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbutton. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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