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Recent Examples of unbuttoned
Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Another winning factor: It’s styled on the website buttoned up, unbuttoned, and turned around so the buttons go up your back, and the front is a chic scoopneck, offering stylish versatility as well as function.
—Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
Curtis wore white pants, a black T-shirt, and an unbuttoned blue denim shirt and accessorized (well, used) a cane, apparently due to an injury.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025
Stewart could be seen wearing a white shirt unbuttoned down the chest and a black suit with a silver lining, giving a thumbs up to the camera.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 1 July 2025
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Adjective
Both characters are grinning, and Briney’s shirt is mostly unbuttoned and revealing tattoos on his torso.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Another winning factor: It’s styled on the website buttoned up, unbuttoned, and turned around so the buttons go up your back, and the front is a chic scoopneck, offering stylish versatility as well as function.
—Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
Curtis wore white pants, a black T-shirt, and an unbuttoned blue denim shirt and accessorized (well, used) a cane, apparently due to an injury.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025
Stewart could be seen wearing a white shirt unbuttoned down the chest and a black suit with a silver lining, giving a thumbs up to the camera.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbuttoned
Adjective
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The swimsuit featured a zipper down the center, which was left unzipped at the top, leaving some skin exposed.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
13 Dec. 2025
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That also gave room for relative newcomers like Quartararo, known for donning an unzipped suit in press conferences, and Martín, the first rider from an independent team to win a title, to capture championships.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Harvest microgreens when stems are 2-3 inches tall and the plant’s first seed leaves have unfurled.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Dec. 2025
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The decline in capacity at state facilities unfurled as a spate of local hospitals across the country shuttered their psychiatric units, which disproportionately serve patients with Medicaid or who are uninsured.—
Sarah Jane Tribble,
NPR,
22 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Kelce unfastened the clasp on another necklace and then a third, before Chris Jones, his teammate for a decade, walked over and approached him.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Jan. 2026
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Adama unfastened a padlock and loosened the chain securing the doors.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Flexible layouts adapt apps to the unfolded screen, making multitasking feel more natural.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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The retelling of how that night and the chaotic days that followed unfolded is based on a historical review of unclassified government documents, archived news articles, books, interviews with researchers, and more.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
28 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Rex, a 3-year-old wallaby, wandered away from the Lots of Love Farm in Williamstown after a gate was allegedly left unlatched overnight.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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Advertisement Stafford depressurized the cockpit, matching the vacuum inside to the vacuum outside so that the hatch would not blow open and fly free from interior air pressure when it was unlatched.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Fire Department investigators determined the truck had been left unlocked and the fire was set inside the passenger compartment.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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The unlawful taking of articles from a motor vehicle, locked or unlocked.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Madani also said that the collapse of basic infrastructure could spark wider unrest.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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This could make for an intriguing shootout between Maye and Baker Mayfield, who is playing the best ball of his career and has the Tampa Bay Buccaneers off to a 6-2 start despite rampant injuries along his offensive line and wide receiving unit.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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New emails between Andrew and Epstein released on Friday in unsealed court documents have added to the scrutiny.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
1 Nov. 2025
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The indictment was unsealed Wednesday.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Unbuttoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbuttoned. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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