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Recent Examples of button
Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Bonus: no more fiddling around with your toy to find the right setting because this bad boy features three easy-to-navigate buttons for ease of experimentation.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 3 Nov. 2024
EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
For those looking for a similar option, this buttoned top has two functional pockets on the front.
—Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Inside were some trinkets: two china bowls, beads and buttons, the compressed remains of what might have been leather hats, and two heavily corroded, but recognizably silver, watches.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Bonus: no more fiddling around with your toy to find the right setting because this bad boy features three easy-to-navigate buttons for ease of experimentation.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
Vance orders his team—including Torres in a snazzy suit and tie, all his buttons buttoned—to get out there and save his woman, thereby keeping the Caribbean waterways safe for everyone except diamond smugglers.
—EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
For those looking for a similar option, this buttoned top has two functional pockets on the front.
—Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for button
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Governments print money based on economic need, using a few levers that are much more about their political and economic agenda than about what the country is actually producing.Lisa Loud, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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But managers have some levers at their disposal to calm employees—or at least try to maintain a calm environment.Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Air Thickening Spray made our locks look significantly fuller while still feeling soft and touchable, earning itself a badge of approval in our 2024 PEOPLE Beauty Awards.Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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The Cost Of Ignoring Empathy Leaders often speak of resilience as a badge of honor, but resilience should not be synonymous with survival in hostile conditions.Vivek Rana, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Verb
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The issue was resolved by toggling the eSIM off and on in Settings.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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For example, the malware can simulate actions that a user would normally take, such as toggling settings or responding to prompts.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Extend your fingers and roll the log of dough toward yourself along the length of your fingers to create knobs.Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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The kitchen gadget has a large knob that’s easy to turn and ergonomic handles that are comfortable to hold.Isabel Garcia, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Strappy sandals, sneakers and loafers came down the runway, too, but the real standouts were the enticingly offbeat studded loafers with clasp detailing, which came in white, blush, violet and hunter green.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024
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In the video, one of the woman’s young daughters whimpers and the other clasps tightly to her distraught, Mickey ears headband-wearing mother while begging strangers for help.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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The Greenspan Commission on Social Security Reform was established to investigate the issues and deliver a solution that would extend its solvency well into the future—originally pinned at 2060, almost 80 years in the future.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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One day when Jones was walking home, a group of street toughs pinned him to a fence, plunged a knife blade into one of his hands and stabbed him in the temple with an ice pick.Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Grandmaster Chime Ref. 5175 comes loaded with six patents, 20 complications, five chiming modes, two reversible dials, and a movement made up of 1,366 parts.Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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The brand offers a host of customization options, including up to 10 different ornamental stone dials, and the meteorite dial, up to five different colors for the leather strap, a case in either white or rose gold, and the option for either the new dauphine-style hands or the original batons.Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
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The halter dress featured a cutout on the torso beneath a rosette appliqué and included a thigh-high slit.Julia Teti, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
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Hilton embraced romance with a beaded rosette frock by Oscar de la Renta, while Richie opted for a vampier leather gown by Proenza Schouler, complete with an open back.Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Button.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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