as in money
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
seeking a job that pays plenty of coin
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Recent Examples of coin
Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Workman, Chief Scientist and co-founder of the venture, helped coin the name Electric Goddess, honoring both the feminine energy of nurturing and the technical masculine drive of making.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
In total, the artifacts weigh about 13 pounds and include thousands of silver coins, jewelry, pearls and beads, officials said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The term, which Keane and Shapiro claim to have coined, refers to any A.I. chatbot designed to dispense moral advice with divine certitude.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Workman, Chief Scientist and co-founder of the venture, helped coin the name Electric Goddess, honoring both the feminine energy of nurturing and the technical masculine drive of making.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
The lot is being sold by coin dealer David Guest Numismatics.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
In total, the artifacts weigh about 13 pounds and include thousands of silver coins, jewelry, pearls and beads, officials said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coin
Noun
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In the end, Krantz added, adopting a more strategic approach ultimately benefits customers, allowing companies to use their time and money more effectively by learning from the successes of others.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Raiders have had three regimes pay really good money for three consecutive veteran quarterbacks who have been abominable.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The film will expand on the hit series created by Thomas Astruc and designed by Nathanaël Bronn, which has been airing on TF1 in France since 2015, as well as over 120 additional territories worldwide.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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The new research focused on an NOA mouse model specifically designed to mimic human genetic deficiencies causing meiotic arrest — a stage where sperm production stalls.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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It's believed that the coins of gold and silver were minted hundreds of years ago in Bolivia, Mexico and Peru, the same source noted.—
Ashley J. DiMella , Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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In anticipation of America’s 250th anniversary, Congress passed the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act, which allows the US Treasury to mint special $1 coins to celebrate the event.—
Kit Maher,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Make a cash deposit of at least $10 using any of the preferred payment methods.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For example, fever baby turtles in Raine Island, Australia are hatching.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
16 Oct. 2025
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Daydreaming of seeing sea turtles hatch in Costa Rica?—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Aniyah wrote, stamping it with several heart emojis.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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Ohio State stamped its authority on the Big Ten with a road win at Illinois.—
Erick Smith,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That agenda has led to a volatile peso currency and seen investors aggressively dump Argentine stocks and bonds.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The rare, direct foreign intervention, which will take the form of a currency swap, is aimed at boosting a collapsing peso and calming market volatility ahead of Argentina’s midterm elections later this month.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The hope is that leaking this footage, as well as other assets in the coming weeks, will drum up the buzz needed to get the movie made.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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Intel, the once-dominant chipmaker, is in a fight for its life that requires it to aggressively move into leading-edge chips, including those optimized for AI, while drumming up the funding to float that expensive transition.—
Alyson Shontell,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Coin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coin. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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