byword

Example Sentences

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Her principles are based on the philosophy practiced by the Indian guru Meher Baba, her husband’s great-uncle, whose byword was empathy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“Goldilocks” was the byword for the bull market of the past few years, but now the three bears—oil, gold, and the Fed—are on the prowl, and there may be no happy ending.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

As a lawyer and law professor, however, Gould’s scholarship about institutionalized racism in employment relations became a byword.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

Against them were arrayed the Whigs, whose combination of bad luck and ineptitude has made them a byword for political failure.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

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