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
Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
The coin laundry that was next door is now a high-end stationery shop.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
That same flight saw her draft her first business plan, coin the name Miami Sample, and register the domain.
—Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Customers would slip a coin into a slot, a penny, later a nickel or more, to find out their weight.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
The coin laundry that was next door is now a high-end stationery shop.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
Their friendship has even inspired fans to coin their names as a term of endearment.
—Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
That same flight saw her draft her first business plan, coin the name Miami Sample, and register the domain.
—Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coin
Noun
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In addition to hiring ambassadors, money will also go toward adding staffers in the security operations center, which collects feeds from more than 2,000 cameras, and security guards who are typically law enforcement.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Flipcause, based in California, was used by thousands of nonprofits nationwide to process online donations, allowing money to be collected on the platform before being transferred to individual organizations.—
Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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On Thursday, a group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (MATCH) Act, designed to cut China off from chipmaking tools and target the country’s most critical semiconductor firms.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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Their iconic Full-On Plumping Lip Polish is designed to unleash your sexy alter-ego and stimulate your senses.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Those critics told The Washington Post the administration could try to mint the coin without their approval but that the effort could face legal challenges.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Indiana would be one of seven states to mint such an agreement, the terms of which aren't entirely clear.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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Dave Walton, a corn, soybean, and hay farmer in Iowa and vice president of the American Soybean Association, said in March that some of his neighbors didn’t have cash on hand last fall to buy fertilizer and were struggling to budget for fertilizer due to high prices.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Building the Xcel Center and investing in a professional hockey team brought in some cash to one corner of the city but did nothing to restore the lost social and human capitals.—
Stephen B. Young,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This structural incompleteness proves the Lystrosaurus was still in a pre-hatching developmental stage.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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The second chick started to pip on March 17 and hatched on March 19.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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Three hundred save-the-dates sat sealed, stamped, and addressed, waiting to be mailed.—
Jenny Singer,
Glamour,
8 Apr. 2026
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Getting Gordon to the finish line Gordon’s absence has often defined the Nuggets’ season, but his presence has stamped two of their most resilient wins of the year.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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This occurred after tens of thousands of Iranians protested at the end of last year after their currency crashed.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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To be sure, cracks in the petrodollar’s foundation is still far from the currency becoming irrelevant.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Now, as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban faces an electoral challenge that polling suggests could remove him from power on Sunday, scores of American conservatives are pumping out messaging to drum up support for him.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2026
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At a time when theaters are struggling to sell tickets, exhibitors are betting on increasingly elaborate popcorn buckets like the $50 Yoshi container to capitalize on millennial nostalgia, drum up excitement for movies and ultimately increase profits.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Coin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coin. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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