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button

[buht-n] / ˈbʌt n /
NOUN
fastener
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A few weeks ago, I opened GoPuff, a grocery delivery app, and noticed a button I hadn’t seen before: a black square with a blue-and-white “go” glowing in the center.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Participants therefore had to recognize that the associations had changed, learn the new ones, and respond with the correct button using the appropriate hand and finger.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Including a sentence which allowed for the possibility that someone other than Cameron had clicked on the like button by mistake.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Throughout the show, his chosen family is on stage with him, punctuating his stories with songs that give each anecdote an emotional button.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Back at the controls, I finally discovered the button for flight mode.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

They figure out how to disable alarms and alerts, or stick tape on digital dashboards to mimic old-school buttons.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 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

But to see him moving the levers and pushing buttons was fascinating.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

She offered sesame candy from a dish beside the lamp that also had buttons in it.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

The dispute is by no means buttoned up, with the case heading into a second phase of arbitration.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

It’s hard to get buttoned up and take things seriously.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 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

By the time the Chief reached Mary Hudson, his overcoat was buttoned again and his hands were down at his sides.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

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

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

She girds herself for the interrogation; taking a few deep breaths — decisive, metallic — and buttoning her jacket as if it might shield her from danger.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2022

The little girl occupied herself by buttoning and unbuttoning a pinafore on the doll’s plastic body.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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