household word
Example Sentences
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She quickly becomes a household word, a symbol of something quintessentially American.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
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 • Dec. 12, 2023
Worldwide inflation has made shrinkflation a household word.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022
Their giant teeth — left behind in coastal sediments like spent bullets — inspired the 1843 name that has since become a household word: megalodon.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
The paper chain is complete, and this once-unknown town has become a household word around the world.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
