byword
Example Sentences
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If Francis had a byword for his papacy, it was “mercy,” which he made the theme of a special jubilee year starting in 2015.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Nvidia has become the byword for AI winners.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 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
Still, the incident became a byword for forecaster error.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 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
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