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Recent Examples of unbuttoned
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
In the image, the 24-year-old can be seen wearing a completely unbuttoned red blouse, matching red pants, and matching stilettos.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 21 Jan. 2026
She was accompanied on the red carpet by her husband, music producer Benny Blanco, who wore a black suit with an unbuttoned shirt and statement brooch.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
Curtis wore white pants, a black T-shirt, and an unbuttoned blue denim shirt and accessorized (well, used) a cane, apparently due to an injury.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Brand, wearing an unbuttoned denim shirt, spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth during the six-minute hearing, but later took issue with a courtroom sketch of his appearance.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
In the image, the 24-year-old can be seen wearing a completely unbuttoned red blouse, matching red pants, and matching stilettos.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 21 Jan. 2026
She was accompanied on the red carpet by her husband, music producer Benny Blanco, who wore a black suit with an unbuttoned shirt and statement brooch.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
Curtis wore white pants, a black T-shirt, and an unbuttoned blue denim shirt and accessorized (well, used) a cane, apparently due to an injury.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbuttoned
Adjective
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One of the enduring images from the uprising of two months ago was endless unzipped black body bags lining the streets.—
Lily Moayeri,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2026
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Gisele Bündchen radiated in an unzipped, high-cut wetsuit and beachy waves for her new Garnier campaign.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Starting at 12,000 feet, a series of 11 parachutes unfurled to slow the capsule from several hundred miles-per-hour to a gradual 17–20 mph for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
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Felder reached into his backpack and unfurled a sign of his own.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Kelce unfastened the clasp on another necklace and then a third, before Chris Jones, his teammate for a decade, walked over and approached him.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The unfolded detail does not go unnoticed and is very much respected and appreciated.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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Flexible layouts adapt apps to the unfolded screen, making multitasking feel more natural.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Rex, a 3-year-old wallaby, wandered away from the Lots of Love Farm in Williamstown after a gate was allegedly left unlatched overnight.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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Advertisement Stafford depressurized the cockpit, matching the vacuum inside to the vacuum outside so that the hatch would not blow open and fly free from interior air pressure when it was unlatched.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Visit the Activity section to view system status information, such as any open windows or unlocked doors, and a running history of events, including door openings and closings, triggered sensors, and motion detection.—
John R. Delaney,
PC Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
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Though the couple’s house was well fortified, the suspect had managed to get in through an unlocked door.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Unveiled in early April, Mythos is purportedly able to detect and exploit vulnerabilities in a wide range of critical software.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The 23 Best Restaurants in Portland, Oregon This city may specialize in farm-to-table, but today there's new energy—and a wider range of culinary influences.—
Hannah Wallace,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The unsealed indictment charges three people with assault — Christopher, Deyanna, and Paige Ostrouchko.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The unsealed indictment formally charges Bowen with murdering Metayer Bowen with a firearm and tampering with evidence.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Unbuttoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbuttoned. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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