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

Nvidia has become the byword for AI winners.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

The word Bataclan has since become a byword in France for extreme Islamist attacks, in much the same way that 9/11 did in the US.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

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

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