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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
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Before Wales’ women’s teams were given names on the back of their shirts in 2019, Fishlock’s was the one people could reel off, a byword for Welsh women’s football.
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 July 2025
For others, the town provides the most inauthentic travel experience possible, Benidorm a byword for debauchery and sleaze.
—Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
For too much of the past few years, Tottenham fans have seen their team become a byword for banter, the easiest punchline in sport.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The exhibits will give a more nuanced view of a ruler whose name has become a byword for marauding in the west.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 July 2025
For others, the town provides the most inauthentic travel experience possible, Benidorm a byword for debauchery and sleaze.
—Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
For too much of the past few years, Tottenham fans have seen their team become a byword for banter, the easiest punchline in sport.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The exhibits will give a more nuanced view of a ruler whose name has become a byword for marauding in the west.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025
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“Byword.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/byword. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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