variants
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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
Bacon wore a monochrome look, pairing a pale orange suit with a beige button-down.
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Our favorite finds include a classy button-down, a darling front-tie style, and a wrap option complete with flutter sleeves.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2025
The Classics Feel Instantly Cool With Low-Rise Jeans Inherently preppy styles like a button-down, argyle sweater, and trench coat feel way more cool and contemporary when teamed up with low-rise, slouchy denim.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
Universal Standard also offers denim dresses, jumpsuits, button-down shirts and chore jackets.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 25 Mar. 2025
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Our favorite finds include a classy button-down, a darling front-tie style, and a wrap option complete with flutter sleeves.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2025
The Classics Feel Instantly Cool With Low-Rise Jeans Inherently preppy styles like a button-down, argyle sweater, and trench coat feel way more cool and contemporary when teamed up with low-rise, slouchy denim.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
Universal Standard also offers denim dresses, jumpsuits, button-down shirts and chore jackets.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for button-down
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There are also displays dedicated to how Cartier translated the traditional arts of China, Japan, Iran, Egypt and the Russian Empire, where the House of Fabergé was famed for its decoratively colorful designs.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The idea came from my frustration with traditional methods used to teach hospitality management.—
Betsy Pudliner,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Who Is Laura Loomer? Loomer, a conservative activist originally from Arizona, first shot to public attention in June 2017.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Another thought: In Trump’s first term, retaliation for tariffs generally was aimed at more conservative states, as countries tried to make Trump-friendly areas pay a political price.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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However, the settlement is far from conventional in several ways.—
Joe Sabin,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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So close yet so far, Placer County, where Blue Lives Matter meets balayage, felt like the right location to artificially return my fortysomething face to a state of more conventional youthful attractiveness.—
Sarah Miller,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Button-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button-down. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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