on the button
Example Sentences
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In response, Ap Iorwerth told the first minister to "keep her fingers on the button and keep up with what's going on".
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
Law enforcement later found a single source of male DNA on the button snap of the Ka-Bar brand sheath, police have said since December.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023
“It’s not like you just turn on the button, and you have vaccine ready, right? It takes time to get it done,” Kumar says.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 6, 2023
S2’s scores even account for whether a test-taker had his or her hand on the button before pushing it or higher up, which would add time.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2023
And soon enough, that’s what he was doing, nailing those vowels on the button, riding them from consonant to consonant, syllable to syllable, word to word.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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