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While Damodaran might publish one or two valuations a month, the bot can run that same analysis across the entire S&P 500 with the push of a button.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Mid-listen, you can tap a button, ask your question, hear the answer, and then pick up the story right where you left off.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
"What we're not about is loading something on a machine and pressing a button."
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
A deal would also transform one of Silicon Valley’s most storied companies, whose yellow-and-blue button has long ruled online payments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
I took my paw off the teleport button.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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He posed for photos with supporters, who wore buttons declaring him “the people’s candidate.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
When this was realised, the automated blue-flag system was disconnected and the FIA relied on marshals showing blue flags or pressing the buttons that operate the blue-light panels trackside.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Neatly labeled drawers hold hand fans, plastic snakes, buttons, buckles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
But to see him moving the levers and pushing buttons was fascinating.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
As she approached Crusher, she searched for any buttons or wires or control panels on his body, but he was completely encased in thick armor.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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Traditionally Coke would have buttoned up term sheets before showing off new drinks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Appearing remotely via video-link wearing a partially buttoned pale blue shirt, Brand, the ex-husband of popstar Katy Perry, only spoke to confirm his name and his date of birth.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
A year after graduating, he began designing menswear at Stirling Copper and was responsible for the body-hugging, buttoned trousers Sir Mick Jagger wore during The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter tour in 1969.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
He gets a lot of credit for bringing personality to a very buttoned up and scripted media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
He didn’t look very different from any elderly man, close to, and had a clipped gray beard and his coat buttoned all the way down the front.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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Instead of clocking into a cubicle for a traditional 9-to-5 and buttoning corporate uniforms each morning, some new grads are spinning records from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. or writing Substack newsletters from cafes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
“I’m very happy,” he said, “with the way audiences have embraced the show, and with the journey that Taylor has created in the present time and in buttoning it up the way he always would.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
It can get worse over time and make daily activities like buttoning a shirt difficult.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
We first hear the song as Tony is getting ready to go out, blow-drying his hair, trying on various gold chains and meticulously buttoning his best dress shirt.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022
I make my way down the center aisle, buttoning my jacket against the cold, giving each button more attention than required.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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