byword no Dicionário de Francês-Inglês da Oxford-Hachette

byword no Dicionário PONS

byword Exemplos do Dicionário PONS (verificados pela redação)

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She had a magnificent gift of repartee, she could dominate a lively audience, and with her courage and humour went a deep generosity that became a byword.
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His name became a byword for a swaggering fool.
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The policy is a byword for creating financially autonomous utilities that would ultimately be able to borrow from commercial banks.
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Over the years, his name has become a byword for a player whose career falls short of the great promise shown as a youngster.
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The book, however, quickly became a byword for unwholesomeness among mainstream critics of the day.
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He lost his professorship and became a byword amongst liberals for antisemitic falsifications, even if antisemites still honored him.
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It subsequently became a byword for democratic norms.
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He sees no other way but to indulge in shady dealings (before this, his name was a byword for honesty).
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He was a byword for inefficiency throughout the army.
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The word "basnutan" means flog in the local dialect, and become a byword among the inhabitants, hence the name of the town.
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