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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
Paytas did the reveal by unzipping a My Chemical Romance sweatshirt to show a pink T-shirt with a bedazzled photo of the comic-book version of Aquaman on it.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
If the packing cube has a zipper enclosure, unzip it.
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Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 June 2025
When the driver's seat belt is unfastened and the vehicle is started, the seat belt warning audible warning may be activated for an insufficient amount of time, making the vehicles noncompliant with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.
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Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
His bow tie wants to be untied, his vest buttons unfastened, his top hat removed.
Bigger Inner Screen With Almost No Crease The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 features a 6.9-inch display when unfolded, which has slimmer bezels to reach the bigger screen size.
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Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
At the same time, though, the impact across the industry may take time to unfold.
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.
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Marielle Segarra,
NPR,
26 June 2025
Your stiff limbs begin to unclench, as if death is slowly losing its hold on you.
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