buttonhole

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Recent Examples of buttonhole Among a plethora of statement outerwear this season, the shearling coat — done in alpaca — came to the fore as an all-time classic to embrace, which Johnson presented in a mid-length suede version with 3D outlines for patch pockets and buttonholes. Sandra Salibian, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025 The buttons and buttonholes align and are sturdy, yet discretely hidden under an attractive fold. WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 Washington — In December 2022, Paul Whelan was sitting in a factory at a Russian labor camp in Mordovia, more than seven hours east of Moscow, adding buttons and buttonholes to winter coats. Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024 Every shirt in the label’s Gold Line involves 35 hours of detailed handwork, including buttonholes that take 45 minutes of stitching each. Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2024 The paper tags had been removed, but a few plastic fasteners remained, protruding from various buttonholes on his sleeves and chest. Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024 Place the button in its original position on the fabric, aligning it with the empty buttonholes. Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024 Insert the needle through the backside of the fabric, bringing it up through one of the buttonholes. Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024 The pregnancy hair tie trick of looping a hair tie through the buttonhole of your pants and tying it around the button didn’t last me through my entire pregnancy. Katrina Cossey, Parents, 9 Feb. 2024
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Noun
  • This latest image beautifully captures the lasting legacy of Webb—a keyhole into the past and a mission that will inspire generations to come.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The receptors, akin to keyholes, on human cells aren’t great matches to any of the subtypes keys higher than the H3.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Pino tucks his thumbs in the armholes of his bullet-proof vest like a Wild West sheriff.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This wardrobe staple resembles a muscle tee with its large armholes and oversized fit, yet has a flattering silhouette that lends femininity.
    Christina Shepherd McGuire, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The devices can also be placed over card readers at ATMs, or use pinhole cameras to record customers entering their PINs, according to the FBI.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025
  • After regrouping at Williams’s flat in the previous episode, everyone now has to flee from a massive gunfight with the Clarks, who are still after Kai-Ming and that ever-elusive pinhole camera.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The cardiology team made a small puncture of David’s right radial artery and threaded a catheter up into his coronary arteries.
    Budd Shenkin, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Scheffler, 28, underwent minor surgery to repair a glass puncture in his right hand suffered on Christmas.
    Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Smart lock makers are trying pretty much anything right now, including adding digital peepholes to deadbolts in the new Lockly Vision Prestige and TCL Smart Lock Ultra.
    Umar Shakir, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Recently, Tbilisi has marked by protests against the government, and harsh crackdowns on activists—the history of its wine is just one peephole into the country's political tensions, though far from the complete story.
    Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
  • In addition to the knothole described above, the company plans to consult a community advisory committee, whose members will sign a nondisclosure agreement.
    Steven Litt, cleveland, 4 July 2021
Noun
  • The company's production building was partially destroyed, and houses, the entrance to the subway, cars and the main water supply system were damaged.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Brown advises stocking up groceries and provisions in nearby Bristol, approximately 20 minutes from the park entrance.
    Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On the north side of the inlet, the jetty pier stretches 1,000 feet into the ocean, luring those with fishing poles in tow to cast a line for snook, redfish, black drum, king mackerel, and more.
    Terry Ward, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2025
  • That's when cold arctic air starts to cool the lakes, allowing ice to form in some of the bays and inlets.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024

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“Buttonhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttonhole. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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