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- noun Plural form of
byword .
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Examples
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The bywords are reliability, local self-sufficiency and decentralization.
Kenny Ausubel: The Revolution Has Begun - "The Shift Hits the Fan" Kenny Ausubel 2010
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The bywords are reliability, local self-sufficiency and decentralization.
Kenny Ausubel: The Revolution Has Begun - "The Shift Hits the Fan" Kenny Ausubel 2010
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The bywords of the repackaged FN are secularism and "reasoned protectionism," a brand of economic nationalism typically associated with factions of the French left.
In the Name Of the Father Emma-Kate Symons 2011
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Martin SkeggWilliam Morris spoke of catering "to the swinish luxury of the rich", something that the five-star hotel has been doing since the words Savoy and Ritz entered the lexicon as bywords for opulence.
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In the wake of the financial crisis, the bywords for the future have often been caution and sustainability.
Cities of the Sky Greg Lindsay 2011
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The phrase has since become one of those bywords for civilizational collapse, like Perez Hilton or too much estrogen in our drinking water.
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More and more, oppression and brutalization have become the bywords of domestic policy as well.
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The terms are often bywords for information seen as sensitive by China's leaders.
China's Tencent Focuses on Microblog Content Owen Fletcher 2011
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Martin SkeggWilliam Morris spoke of catering "to the swinish luxury of the rich", something that the five-star hotel has been doing since the words Savoy and Ritz entered the lexicon as bywords for opulence.
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Cynicism and greed are the bywords of the modern game – on both sides.
Andy Murray's tears shine a light on a misunderstood fighter | Kevin Mitchell 2011
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