byword
Example Sentences
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A nation that can be used as a byword for impressive efficiency?
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Once a byword for joyful excess, Havana has been hollowed by blackouts, departures and deep uncertainty about its future.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Once tourist fodder, the musical has remained a byword for hokey commercialism.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Obviously set-plays have now become a byword for how teams can do that successfully, but that was the case before me and it is the same now I have retired.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
The Lyseni was a sleek, smiling man whose flamboyance was a byword on both sides of the narrow sea.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
