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
No need for foolishly wasting precious coinage on chicken scratching.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The Treasurer serves as the custodian and trustee of the federal government's collateral assets and the supervisor of the department's currency and coinage production functions.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
More than 70 years before the coinage of the term, W.E.B. DuBois anticipated Afrofuturism with his 1920 short story The Comet.
—Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Kraft noted that the coin's obverse was identical to the 1806 British coinage, while the reverse was unique to the Bahamas.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The Treasurer serves as the custodian and trustee of the federal government's collateral assets and the supervisor of the department's currency and coinage production functions.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
More than 70 years before the coinage of the term, W.E.B. DuBois anticipated Afrofuturism with his 1920 short story The Comet.
—Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Kraft noted that the coin's obverse was identical to the 1806 British coinage, while the reverse was unique to the Bahamas.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coinage
Noun
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Globalization itself had less to do with trade agreements than with technology—particularly the invention of the shipping container and the spread of broadband.—
Michael B. G. Froman,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Aug. 2025
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The modern electric washing machine is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
8 Aug. 2025
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Your commitment to innovation is clear from the stock photos of a diverse group of people deeply engaged in what appears to be a breakthrough moment involving a laptop and some very enthusiastic pointing.—
Greg Mania,
New Yorker,
6 Aug. 2025
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To date, most of ThredUp’s innovations have focused on its buyers, rather than its sellers.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
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Time and investment in promoting tourism, as well as creation of the Voyageurs National Park in 1975, have largely addressed those initial concerns on economic impact and the political push-back that came with those concerns.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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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.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Coinage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coinage. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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