as in invention
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination
this latest coinage from the minds who gave us the MP3 player
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Recent Examples of coinage
This book is a deeply scholarly, policy-relevant history of money, from the advent of coinage, paper currency, and bank money in ancient, medieval, and early modern times to the stablecoins and central bank digital currencies of today and tomorrow.
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Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Democratic sources say that the three senators’ decision not to codify collective bargaining rights in writing largely recognized the reality that the college sports market has increasingly come to embrace the concept—if not, the coinage—on its own.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2025
However, there is precedent for a living president on coinage.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The Saint-Gaudens design of Lady Liberty with torch and olive branch is arguably the most iconic US coinage ever struck, with the eagle on the reverse a masterstroke of neoclassical style.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Democratic sources say that the three senators’ decision not to codify collective bargaining rights in writing largely recognized the reality that the college sports market has increasingly come to embrace the concept—if not, the coinage—on its own.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2025
However, there is precedent for a living president on coinage.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The Saint-Gaudens design of Lady Liberty with torch and olive branch is arguably the most iconic US coinage ever struck, with the eagle on the reverse a masterstroke of neoclassical style.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coinage
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The lag from invention to measurable productivity gains was approximately 40 years.—
Lance Knight,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Here were decades of human invention and competition, and staggering quantities of money, all distilled down to something smaller than the size of a newborn’s pinkie finger.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Noun
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That changed as Americans wholeheartedly embraced the automobile and a new innovation—the drive-in gasoline station—proliferated at an astonishing rate across the country.—
Daniel Yergin,
Time,
20 June 2026
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Gautam Mukunda writes about corporate management and innovation.—
Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
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Rather than simply changing how people communicate, access information, or complete transactions, AI increasingly contributes to analysis, synthesis, content creation, decision support, and problem solving.—
Michael Edmondson,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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“Coinage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coinage. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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