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
Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
California Institute of Technology astronomer Fritz Zwicky coined the term dark matter in 1933, after observing galaxies in the Coma Cluster.
—Samantha Thompson, Space.com, 7 July 2025
Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 6 July 2025
Hearing From The Other Side Like most important aspects of life, there are two sides to this contentious coin.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Noun
Wall Street traders have even coined a phrase for this pattern, calling it the TACO trade, short for Trump Always Chickens Out.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
California Institute of Technology astronomer Fritz Zwicky coined the term dark matter in 1933, after observing galaxies in the Coma Cluster.
—Samantha Thompson, Space.com, 7 July 2025
Verb
In the typical cycle, starting from each Bitcoin halving , when the supply of new coins is cut in half, the price falls about 18 months later.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 6 July 2025
Hearing From The Other Side Like most important aspects of life, there are two sides to this contentious coin.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coin
Noun
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If companies needed money from the markets, the markets had their sources of capital appropriately drawn from those with ample surplus funds, including banks and bond issuers with the populace’s money.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Other teams were able to offer more money, and the Lakers did.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
Verb
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However, this report also argued that Al chatbots have the potential to be effective extenders of therapy if designed appropriate and supervised by a qualified professional.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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It’s designed to lift, define, and dramatically lengthen without ever clumping or weighing lashes down.—
Marie Lodi,
Allure,
5 July 2025
Verb
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The Oscars’ voting body is growing again with a glittering list of new recruits that includes pop superstar Ariana Grande, newly minted Oscar-winner Kieran Culkin and late-night veterans — and past Oscar hosts — Jimmy Kimmel and Conan O’Brien.—
Josh Rottenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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As parents pass down their money to their Gen X, millennial, and Gen Z kids, new millionaires will continue to be minted at high rates for decades.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
25 June 2025
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Founded in 2011, PLD Space has raised more than 160 million euros ($188 million) to date, but the company is highly leveraged, with half of its cash coming in the form of loans.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
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Gone are Gascón’s reformist policies discouraging the use of cash bail and limiting the use of sentencing enhancements.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
Verb
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The eggs, which are minuscule, overwinter and hatch in spring when temperatures warm up.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
12 July 2025
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There's a wonderful blend of gently-exfoliating, hydrating, and soothing ingredients (like hatching ex-07, deep sea water, panthenol, and allantoin) that simply won't irritate your skin.—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
10 July 2025
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Shapiro chronicles the couple’s reach, as Putnam stamped Amelia’s imprimatur onto (white) American womanhood, a prototype still among us: role model for younger women, professional and practical, efficient by day, elegant by night.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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Every voltage reading is stamped with which machine recorded it, who was on shift and even the calibration certificate of the sensors.—
Raghu Para,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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With a sound currency fixed to gold, and lower taxes across the board, Germany’s economy boomed.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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After leading crackdowns on digital currencies, such as Liberty Reserve and E-Gold in the 1990s, the agency best known for protecting U.S. presidents has become one of the world's biggest crypto custodians.—
Myles Miller Bloomberg News,
arkansasonline.com,
7 July 2025
Verb
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At the time, PR mavens Max Rosey and Mortimer Matz thought a hot dog eating competition would drum up some publicity for Nathan’s.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
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In addition to her editing responsibilities, Wintour also supported significant initiatives to drum up retail sales, spearheading Fashion’s Night Out, which got off to a rousing start in 2009 but then ran out of steam by 2013.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
26 June 2025
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“Coin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coin. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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