coinage

noun

ˈkȯi-nij How to pronounce coinage (audio)
Definition of coinagenext
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 The author, a professor named Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, proved to have a knack not just for provocative legal essays but for coinages, too. — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 People have been called pedants since the early modern period—pedante is a fifteenth-century Italian coinage for a professional teacher of Latin literature and rhetoric—but have been acting pedantically for millennia. — Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 Propagandi, in other words, isn’t just a clever coinage. — Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026 Before the mid-1960s, the United States Mint used silver in everyday coinage. — Nick Perry, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coinage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coinage
  1. invention
  2. innovation
  3. creation
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  • Gone are the beer bashes, the thrill of invention and any hint that Zuckerberg lusted for something — women, attention, clout — other than a quarterly earnings report.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Many of the food and beverage options will be locally sourced, and the design will be a salute to New Jersey's history of invention and discovery.
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of invention
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  • By 2015, New Atlas was covering innovations such as the Diamond Hotend, which combined three filament feeds into a single nozzle, although even that approach could produce waste towers when changing colors.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Some might think introducing another layer of accountability would stifle innovation.
    — Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of innovation
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  • Were the paintings acts of negation—attempts to destroy figuration, to bring the history of painting to its knees—or triumphs of creation and renewal?
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The exhibit also dives into innovations from the house, from the use of unconventional materials in high-jewelry creations to the Question Mark, a clasp-free necklace introduced in 1879 that gave women more independence in accessorizing.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of creation

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“Coinage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coinage. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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