button-down
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He stopped by the birthday party wearing his work uniform: a white, button-down shirt and black slacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
She is standing in front of The Barefoot Contessa with her dark hair coaxed into perky curls, wearing a matching aubergine button-down and skirt.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
At times, he gives off the air of a professor, donning blue blazers and short-sleeved button-down shirts as he quotes the political theorist Hannah Arendt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The entrepreneur, whose heritage is Persian, wore his hair in braids and a button-down Supreme shirt featuring Barack Obama.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
She’s wearing a chic white button-down shirt with a black ball-gown skirt.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
An attendant in black dress pants, a white short-sleeve button down, and a tie asks if I want the $10 or extra bells and whistles $15 wash.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2024
In one photo, Reba is wearing a black button down, her salt and pepper hair cropped short above her deep-set eyes.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
A white, short-sleeved button down top decorated with red poppy flowers screams in the center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2022
Put your headphones into pairing mode On most pairs of Bluetooth headphones, you can enter pairing mode by pressing and holding the power button down for longer than it takes to turn them on.
From The Verge ● Sep. 23, 2021
Once, after my dad caught an earful of their conversation, he rushed over to the phone base and stabbed the button down with his finger to disconnect the call.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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