buttoned-up
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Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, faces former Rep. Mike Rogers, whom my colleague Jim Newell describes as “a buttoned-up, country-club Republican from the George W. Bush era.”
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
The shifting promises are unsurprising to colleagues familiar with the brash, quick-tempered Gorka, a gate crasher in Washington’s buttoned-up defense establishment.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
But quickly, the coachmen took on the role of unofficial docents, recounting a much less buttoned-up version of Williamsburg’s history to the visiting public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The Kaufman and James recordings sound more like something out of the buttoned-up Gay Nineties than the libertine Roaring ’20s or the Big Band Era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Any thrownaway lover in wet unlaced shoes and a buttoned-up sweater under his coat is a foreigner here.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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