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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
Drape a sweater vest over this button-down, and the look just went from prep school to Parisian street fashion.
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
Artist Michelle Jean-Pierre tapped into boho’s revival, wearing denim floral embroidery coat by Roberto Cavalli with a denim button-down shirt and ripped jeans.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
For his attire, Chalamet opted for a distressed brown leather jacket overtop a yellow button-down.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
During her Kansas City hospital visit, Swift donned a $4,500 tartan Miu Miu set (featuring a $2,250 pleated mini skirt and $2,250 button-down top) that was in line with all the plaid outfits she's been sporting all year.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
Artist Michelle Jean-Pierre tapped into boho’s revival, wearing denim floral embroidery coat by Roberto Cavalli with a denim button-down shirt and ripped jeans.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
For his attire, Chalamet opted for a distressed brown leather jacket overtop a yellow button-down.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
During her Kansas City hospital visit, Swift donned a $4,500 tartan Miu Miu set (featuring a $2,250 pleated mini skirt and $2,250 button-down top) that was in line with all the plaid outfits she's been sporting all year.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for button-down
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Evasive techniques: The use of PDF-based phishing bypasses traditional URL scanning and exploits user trust in business documents.Davey Winder, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Valorie Wilmore: Gallatin High School Valorie Wilmore is a very imaginative artist who works with digital art and traditional media, school officials said, as a student at Gallatin High School, part of the Sumner County School District in Gallatin.Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Panama’s conservative president José Raúl Mulino, who was elected in April on a pro-business platform, roundly rejected that notion as an affront to his country’s sovereignty.Bill Barrow and Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Musk and President-elect Donald Trump led the conservative rebellion against the initial plan to avert a partial shutdown, a bipartisan deal that came from negotiations between the top two Democrats and Republicans in both congressional chambers.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
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The new doctrine allows for a potential nuclear response by Russia even to a conventional attack by a country that is supported by a nuclear power.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Further, Russia is unlikely to agree to end the fighting without talks on NATO-Russian issues that go beyond Ukraine, such as the conventional force balance and long-range strike capabilities on the continent.Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Button-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button-down. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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