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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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As part of the Panasonic empire, Technics was once a byword for hi-fi in the 1980s.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
At times this season, Newcastle have been a byword for inconsistency, but Tottenham take that distinction to a whole other level.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Leverkusen, the club that used to be a byword for failure, enjoy winning too much to stop now.
—Rafa Honigstein and Seb Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 14 Apr. 2024
By now, barefoot luxury has become a byword for laidback resort life of a certain level, but never has the concept been more faithfully embodied than at Alphonse Island.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
At times this season, Newcastle have been a byword for inconsistency, but Tottenham take that distinction to a whole other level.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Leverkusen, the club that used to be a byword for failure, enjoy winning too much to stop now.
—Rafa Honigstein and Seb Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 14 Apr. 2024
By now, barefoot luxury has become a byword for laidback resort life of a certain level, but never has the concept been more faithfully embodied than at Alphonse Island.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Byword.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/byword. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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