catchword
Example Sentences
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“Finlandization,” in fact, became a catchword during the Cold War for a small nation carefully moderating its security policies so as not to anger a larger, hostile neighbor.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
I think a lot of people are jumping onto it as a catchword and making people think they have a “gee-wiz” material, like this glasses company I saw saying they have graphene in the glasses.
From The Verge ● Jan. 24, 2018
“Watergate” was a catchword for a multitude of government and political sins.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2014
"Tempo" is a common catchword in instruction, but one that many amateur players forget about in their haste to smash the ball, says Smith.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013
They had forgotten nothing and learnt nothing, except a new catchword from Talleyrand's en tout cas vocabulary, i.e.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Hermann Sudermann
