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
They began spot-spraying with a pesticide called malathion, which was about to become a household word.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024
Education funding rates for incarcerated students were set in 1995, when Microsoft was barely a household word.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2023
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
