byword

Example Sentences

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“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

Since 1978, Archie Gemmill's name has been a byword for a great Scotland goal.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Vonster’s ghosting—a mere failure to appear where or when he said he would—would become a byword for all forms of social disappearance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 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