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coined

verb

past tense of coin
1
as in invented

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2
as in minted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coined
  1. invented
  2. stamped
  3. designed
  4. formed
  5. devised
  6. fashioned
  7. hatched
  8. molded
Verb
  • And that’s very appealing, and it was invented actually shortly after quantum physics was invented.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Bubble tea, with its chewy tapioca boba pearls, was invented in Taiwan in the 1980s.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of invented
Verb
  • The rule would require mail-in ballots to be stamped with official Election Mail markings and to be sent inside automation-compatible envelopes with unique Intelligent Mail barcodes.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Another example is sheet steel, which is stamped into car body panels during the automotive production process.
    — Grant Schwab, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of stamped
Verb
  • Ergonomics was about chairs that were built for people, rather than chairs designed to fit efficiently into an office or be simple to stack and move.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
  • By adding a measurable voltage reference, eCOphite is designed to give battery management systems another signal to work with.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of designed
Verb
  • Related The jazz five-piece formed in a youth club, Tomorrow’s Warriors in Enfield, north London, before growing steadily into a must-see live act and cultural leader.
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The fewer bonds present, the higher the temperature at which the minerals in the tooth formed.
    — Corinne Purtill Follow, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of formed
Verb
  • Davis’s Friday ruling means the government must now disclose who devised the fund’s structure, but the information will not necessarily be made available to the public.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Engineers devised a lower-thrust trajectory that saved BepiColombo's mission but delayed its Mercury arrival from December 2025 to November 2026.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of devised
Verb
  • Director/co-writer Zach Cregger has fashioned a movie with original characters set in the world of the games, where a virus outbreak caused by the nefarious Umbrella Corporation threatens the world with zombies and other hard-to-re-kill creatures.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The decision to invade emanated from within the political order Putin has fashioned, a system that has been hardened by the war more than it has been transformed.
    — MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of fashioned
Verb
  • Having never been to Woodstock before the idea of the festival was first hatched, Blaustein, along with her then-husband, the late Laurent Rejto, created a film festival without any funds or fame.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
  • ChatGPT wasn’t hatched beneath a volcano to take over the world.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hatched
Verb
  • Rogow has assembled a solid cast, molded to his vision, to close out Island City’s 14th season.
    — Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Each piece is a little bit of the earth itself, molded to a shape that fits easily in the hand, baked to achieve permanence and then stacked, one atop another, to form a wall that can enclose, shelter and delight us.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of molded
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“Coined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coined. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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