byword

Example Sentences

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The company has pushed Tiffany upmarket, beyond it being a byword for engagement rings.

From Reuters

Millennial South Korea, however has become a byword for cool — with a capital “K.”

From Washington Times

The decades-long investigation became a byword both for protracted judicial confusion, as well as for the dogged determination of a handful of magistrates not to let the case be forgotten.

From BBC

The spyware, known as Pegasus, has since become a global byword for the chilling reach of state surveillance, a tool used by governments from Europe to the Middle East to hack into thousands of cellphones.

From New York Times

Holding Bakhmut has become a byword for Ukraine’s resistance to Russian aggression, while Moscow seeks a victory to celebrate domestically and to extend its territory in Ukraine’s east.

From New York Times