byword
Example Sentences
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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
If Francis had a byword for his papacy, it was “mercy,” which he made the theme of a special jubilee year starting in 2015.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Nvidia has become the byword for AI winners.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
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
