coinages

noun

plural of coinage
as in innovations
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 coinages 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 There were a few coinages in the script, but 90 percent of the language is real. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
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  1. innovations
  2. inventions
Noun
  • The drone threat has also driven other innovations, like notifying civilians of incoming drones via a city-wide warning app.
    — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Questions over whether autonomous vehicles and weapons are handy supplemental tools or disruptive innovations are in keeping with a long-running debate over what constitutes a revolution in military affairs.
    — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
Definition of innovations
Noun
  • But one of our favorite heat-beating inventions doesn’t require batteries or fancy technology at all.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
  • Stablecoins have become one of crypto’s most transcendental inventions.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Definition of inventions

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“Coinages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coinages. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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