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tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
a button-down architectural firm would never have the imagination to produce such a cutting-edge design
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Recent Examples of button-down
The collared button-down paired with matching shorts strikes the right balance between polished and relaxed, without feeling stuffy.
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Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
Take a button-down shirt, for example.
—Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Weinstein, 74, appeared in court Tuesday in a navy suit and white button-down shirt.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 21 Apr. 2026
Proving simplicity is a form of genius, this look shows how pairing loafers with a button-down white shirt and some straight-leg jeans always means a stylish result.
—Clare Holden, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2026
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Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
Take a button-down shirt, for example.
—Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Weinstein, 74, appeared in court Tuesday in a navy suit and white button-down shirt.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 21 Apr. 2026
Proving simplicity is a form of genius, this look shows how pairing loafers with a button-down white shirt and some straight-leg jeans always means a stylish result.
—Clare Holden, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for button-down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for button-down
Adjective
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Crypto apps like Coinbase have begun to diversify into non-crypto assets, and more traditional retail finance apps like Robinhood have begun to dip their toes into areas like tokenized stocks.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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People are in the right conditions, so meetings are more meaningful than in a traditional market where everything is back-to-back.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Following a conservative first half when LAFC got nothing going offensively but didn’t give up much on the other end either, the Black & Gold carried a front-foot approach out of the locker room after the break.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Released regionally by Angel Studios, widely known for conservative and Christian content, the movie’s last moment is framed as partisan generosity.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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In the nineteen-seventies, Franciscan University, a small school on a hill above the downtown, became a center for charismatic Catholicism, an expressive, theologically orthodox movement that paralleled the development of the evangelical Jesus People and secular hippie culture.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Dioceses across the country are reporting the highest amount of converts in decades, many of them drawn in by orthodox Catholic influencers.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Button-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button-down. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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