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Recent Examples of unbuttoned
Andrew Martin, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
In two of the more viral pictures, the 55-year-old hunk poses in a snuggly fur coat, unbuttoned, showing off his impossibly toned chest.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
In the two shots, Bertinelli is smiling brightly while wearing an unbuttoned white shirt.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 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
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Adjective
He was dressed in an almost militantly preppy way—a gray blazer, partially unbuttoned pink shirt, boat shoes with no socks.
—Andrew Martin, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
In two of the more viral pictures, the 55-year-old hunk poses in a snuggly fur coat, unbuttoned, showing off his impossibly toned chest.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
In the two shots, Bertinelli is smiling brightly while wearing an unbuttoned white shirt.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 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
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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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But my first pregnancy unfurled more like a horror movie.—
Leah Donnella,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Jan. 2026
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Amid the World Economic Forum’s confab in Davos, Switzerland—where coalition building and global cooperation are usually central themes—Trump unfurled a Western Hemisphere First school of thought that has roots in a Cold War understanding of geopolitical stasis.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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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
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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
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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According to the District Attorney’s Office, Akers was working undercover as part of a task force when Stewart, 46, ran from uniformed law enforcement officers and then hid inside an unlocked tow truck.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The firearm is almost always loaded, unlocked and left within reach — a nightstand drawer, a closet shelf, a purse, a car console.—
Myron Rolle,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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First found in the 1930s, this interpretation was later validated by a wide variety of laboratory experiments.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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Low-resolution Surveying involves gathering surface-level information about a wide variety of topics—knowing a little about a lot of stuff.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The singer-songwriter was among several celebrities whose messages appeared in unsealed court documents related to the case.—
Sarah Jones,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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In November, an unsealed grand jury indictment revealed Wedding faced charges related to the shooting death of a federal witness in Colombia last January.—
Alex Andrejev,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Unbuttoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbuttoned. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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