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Laura Peebles’s stepmother believed that “soggy” toast would give you indigestion, so only stiff, dry unbuttered toast was served with breakfast.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2022

Yang Liu and Tianye Chen, who own the restaurant along with its chef, Zac Zhang, are following a separate, unbuttered Chinese tradition that they enjoyed before moving to the United States.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2018

The good news: It was popcorn, which I had ordered unbuttered, so no harm done.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2018

Yet here came "The King's Speech," an unbuttered scone as major motion picture, out of nowhere to claim what seemed like every award in sight.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2011

The high point is our weekly slice of liverwurst, and the jam on our unbuttered bread.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank