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as in traditional
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 actress wore a navy set complete with trousers, button-down shirt and light jacket worn over her shoulders.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
For more than a decade, Villarreal, who wore a ball cap, jeans, and a button-down shirt, has been part of a program called Viviendo con Felinos.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2025
Under questioning from the prosecution this morning and with Combs seated nearby in his courtroom sweater and button-down look, the Ventura matriarch explained her response came after her daughter alarmingly emailed her just before Christmas 2011.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 May 2025
Take a page out of the Scandi girls’ playbook and wear your floral sandals with minimal culottes and a button-down, or a midi-dress layered under an oversized blazer.
—Rosana Lai, Glamour, 12 May 2025
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
For more than a decade, Villarreal, who wore a ball cap, jeans, and a button-down shirt, has been part of a program called Viviendo con Felinos.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2025
Under questioning from the prosecution this morning and with Combs seated nearby in his courtroom sweater and button-down look, the Ventura matriarch explained her response came after her daughter alarmingly emailed her just before Christmas 2011.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 May 2025
Take a page out of the Scandi girls’ playbook and wear your floral sandals with minimal culottes and a button-down, or a midi-dress layered under an oversized blazer.
—Rosana Lai, Glamour, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for button-down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for button-down
Adjective
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But newer spots such as Lucky Day, which opened in 2017, are expanding beyond Buffalo’s traditional menu offerings.—
David Allan,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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Candidates are largely barred from traditional campaigning, a policy to try to level the playing field among candidates with different campaign funds.—
Jack Nicas,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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Nawrocki, a conservative historian and amateur boxer who was backed by PiS, had presented the vote as a referendum on Tusk's 18-month-old government.—
Anna Magdalena Lubowicka,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The attacks from Trump and his allies on Leo and the Federalist Society reflect rifts between the populist Right and the conservative legal establishment.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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While conventional productivity tools address symptoms, one mindset consistently proves more effective as a long-term defense: curiosity.—
Rob Robinson,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Today, SpaceX routinely reuses capsules and rockets that look much more like conventional space vehicles than the winged designs of yesteryear.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 May 2025
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“Button-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button-down. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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