byword
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adage, aphorism, apothegm, epigram, maxim, proverb, saw, saying, sententia, word
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Many of the venues are completed, Tokyo has abundant infrastructure and Japan is a byword for know-how. — Stephen Wade, chicagotribune.com, "The 2020 Olympics starts one year from today. And ticket prices are expected to soar.," 24 July 2019 Many of the venues are completed, Tokyo has abundant infrastructure and Japan is a byword for know-how. — Stephen Wade, chicagotribune.com, "The 2020 Olympics starts one year from today. And ticket prices are expected to soar.," 24 July 2019 Many of the venues are completed, Tokyo has abundant infrastructure and Japan is a byword for know-how. — Stephen Wade, chicagotribune.com, "The 2020 Olympics starts one year from today. And ticket prices are expected to soar.," 24 July 2019 Many of the venues are completed, Tokyo has abundant infrastructure and Japan is a byword for know-how. — Washington Post, "Year to go to Tokyo Games, with costs, ticket demand rising," 23 July 2019 Xiao Ke predicted: [the party will be] condemned through the ages and [this event] will go down in history as a byword for infamy. — Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, "Chinaâs âBlack Week-endâ," 17 June 2019 Continuity is the byword at Treadway Elementary, where Assistant Principal Vanessa King will succeed the departing Christidis as Treadway principal. — Jerry Fallstrom, orlandosentinel.com, "Lake County principal of the year part of summertime administrative shuffle," 18 June 2019 Trust is the byword, Ms. Latta explained at the showâs preview, along with an avoidance of micromanaging. — Laura Jacobs, WSJ, "âEckhaus Latta: Possessedâ Review: Sustainability for Sale," 13 Aug. 2018 Yet Russia remains a byword for backwardness and corruption. — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, "Putin Is Weak. Europe Doesnât Have to Be," 23 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'byword.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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