byword
Example Sentences
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If politicians stopped neglecting cities, then urban India could eventually stop being a byword for squalor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
Disappointment, worryingly for Frank, is becoming the byword for Spurs and his tenure so far.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 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
