coined

past tense of coin

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • The genius was a man named Joel Houghton, who invented and patented a mechanical dishwasher in 1850.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Zambia also invented the walking safari.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Look for antimicrobial liners that are designed to prevent mold and mildew growth.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But instruments onboard the spacecraft weren't designed to distinguish between molecules forged in the moon's presumably deep ocean and those cooked up in the icy shell.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Subsequent reports revealed that Bolsonaro and his allies had devised a baroque plot to regain power, which included jailing and possibly murdering their political opponents.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The sum seems devised by the author to test Isabella and find her out.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For Swifties, that number felt serendipitous with the singer's favorite number, 13, stamped into the record.
    Bryan West, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
  • For Swifties, that number felt serendipitous with the singer's favorite number, 13, stamped into the record.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Directed by genre-hopping Ben Wheatley and written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad from a story hatched by Kolstad and Odenkirk, the subversive Western is a take-no-prisoners gore fest that peppers all the visceral carnage with an equal sprinkling of dry wit.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Two Messor structor males that hatched were hairless, while three Messor ibericus males were covered with hair.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To solve this problem, materials scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have concocted a new sunscreen recipe that spares the ocean’s vital microorganisms.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
  • On paper, Dallas has the tools to do just that, but NBA insider Zach Buckley, of Bleacher Report, has concocted a trade proposal that sees the Mavericks strengthen their forward position.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The report was researched and written by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which was formed by the Human Right Council in 2021, as an independent investigative body.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In this case, the new, smaller black hole that formed from the collision shot through space at more than 31 miles per second – fast enough to escape its host galaxy and the surrounding globular cluster of stars bound together by gravity.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Halara Flex Sweatpant Jeans With Pockets Teens love wearing these Halara sweatpant jeans, which are constructed from a four-way stretch denim material that is incredibly soft and breathable.
    Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, the apartment building was designed by Eiffel himself and was initially constructed to house those who were working on the iconic landmark’s construction.
    Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Coined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coined. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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