Mom's favorite byword is “You can get more flies with honey than with vinegar”.
nationally, Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive has become a byword for luxury retailing
Recent Examples on the WebShedding policies, known as depopulation, de-pop for short, or shrinking, is a byword at the insurer of last resort.—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024 But the problem with such a recommendation is that patient engagement will be all the more difficult to sustain with a country that is once again a byword for oppression and human rights violations.—Sebastian Strangio, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020 In recent years, Portland has become a byword for fashionable left-wing guff, including the notion that crime and homelessness are little more than voluntary social constructs that are better fought with kind words and substantial welfare spending than with the assiduous enforcement of the law.—The Editors, National Review, 23 May 2024 The riverside market town, Totnes, has become a byword for an outdoorsy, artistic community—catnip to the tourists who bunch around the estate agent windows.—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for byword
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Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of byword was
before the 12th century
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