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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a byword" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a person or thing that is a representative example of a particular quality or concept.
Example: "In the world of innovation, her name has become a byword for creativity and originality."
Alternatives: "a symbol" or "a hallmark".
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Now it is a byword for betrayal".
THEY are a byword for sluggishness.
Schnitzler's name became a byword for licentiousness.
Marikana is already a byword for resistance.
Dreyfus became a byword for antisemitism.
Now it is also a byword for fiscal strife.
It has become a byword for spiralling costs and delays.
The Roches were a byword for wealth in Enniscorthy.
It can be a byword for boring and beige.
Piracy has become a byword for Somalia's lawlessness.
India, by contrast, was a byword for basket case.
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