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
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
On the other side of the coin, the SEC would rather go with the 16-team format, though plenty of coaches within the conference would be fine with 24 teams.
—Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 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
By comparison, the other English coins at this time featured the king’s portrait on one side, with a cross on the reverse.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
On the other side of the coin, the SEC would rather go with the 16-team format, though plenty of coaches within the conference would be fine with 24 teams.
—Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 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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That report shows the amount of money spent on sportsbook television advertising is down from a peak in 2021 and the industry airs far fewer commercials than the pharmaceutical sector.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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Their profession alchemizes money and labor into art, then back to money.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
Verb
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The decision effectively limited Voting Rights claims to maps that are intentionally designed to discriminate, a very high standard.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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For many patients, that broader treatment plan may include oral medications or biologics designed to target the underlying inflammation—not just the surface symptoms.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Dai is the latest Chinese billionaire to mint a fortune from the AI optics boom.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Private companies mint silver bars, so only the company's reputation is at stake if something goes wrong.—
Amy DeYoung,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Mohamed had paid for the appointment in cash.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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OpenAI was burning cash and needed significantly more for computing resources.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Therefore, the rootworms that would have hatched could damage more than 2,000 acres of corn – if bats weren’t around to eat the cucumber beetles first.—
The Conversation,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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Salmonflies will still hatch at higher flows, but this tends to spread out the fish more and makes wading more difficult.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
Verb
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And why shouldn’t a host nation stamp its own identity on matches played on its home turf?—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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Again, gently press and blend the product outwards, and use light stamping motions to build coverage.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
14 May 2026
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Foreign governments are dumping US Treasury bonds to stabilize their currencies amid the energy shock and financial volatility triggered by the Iran war.—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
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The Bank of Japan was reported to have intervened in currency markets in late March and early April after the yen weakened past the politically sensitive 160 level, as surging oil import costs widened Japan's current account deficit and stoked fears of a depreciation spiral.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Verb
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For three years, Lim ran a company called Floodify, which at its peak operated 65,000 dummy social-media accounts used to drum up attention on behalf of paying clients.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Netanyahu’s decision to go public with the sensitive meeting was likely an effort to drum up support for his flagging party ahead of Israeli elections, said Yoel Guzansky, a senior researcher at the Institute of National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.—
Melanie Lidman,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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“Coin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coin. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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