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
Keynes, whose name is a byword for interventionist policies, changed the way economists understood the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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 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
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