byword
Example Sentences
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A nation that can be used as a byword for impressive efficiency?
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
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
Once tourist fodder, the musical has remained a byword for hokey commercialism.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Her principles are based on the philosophy practiced by the Indian guru Meher Baba, her husband’s great-uncle, whose byword was empathy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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
