byword
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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
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 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
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