household word
Example Sentences
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She quickly becomes a household word, a symbol of something quintessentially American.
They began spot-spraying with a pesticide called malathion, which was about to become a household word.
From Los Angeles Times
Dan Fisher in 1988 was one of the first to make “intifada” a household word in America and the English-speaking world.
From Los Angeles Times
“To keep every employee busy, to pay them and to turn a profit, Jay Hormel believed a stellar product was needed that would become a household word,” according to a Hormel history book released in 1991 to commemorate the company’s centennial.
From Seattle Times
Education funding rates for incarcerated students were set in 1995, when Microsoft was barely a household word.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
