byword
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Copper-rich Zambia, once a byword for sovereign debt distress, heads to the polls Thursday in an election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema has convinced voters his economic reforms are paying off.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
He added he was "sick and tired" of Betsi being "a byword for dysfunction and declining standards".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
In historical terms, Suez is a byword for the humiliation of a once-great but declining power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Once tourist fodder, the musical has remained a byword for hokey commercialism.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The Northfarthing barley was so fine that the beer of 1420 malt was long remembered and became a byword.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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