coined

past tense of coin

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coined
Verb
  • History of Perms 1930s The first perm machine was invented in the early 1900s, and the perm machine in the 1930s mirrored something of an over-the-top medieval device.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Physicists invented ether as a medium through which light waves traveled.
    Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Like its rival, Shudder, Screambox lacks parental control features, despite the content ratings for most of its movies being designed to exclude younger viewers.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Spacecraft designed for rapid drops Arc stands about 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide, roughly the size of a large tabletop.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What neither side has devised is an easy offramp to prevent what could become a protracted closure.
    Mary Clare Jalonick, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Prior to Leucippus, earlier scientist-philosophers had devised the concepts of elements as components of reality, and often looked to one component in particular as being the fundamental originator — or arche (ἀρχή) — of all the others.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The loafers are stamped with the American Podiatric Medical Association Seal of Acceptance, which means doctors give them a thumbs up for supporting foot health.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
  • While well versed in Russian literature, their ways of thinking were nonetheless stamped by different standards of rigor and universalism.
    Benjamin Nathans September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One year later in 2009, the idea was hatched into the business that now has more than 180 million monthly customers.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This is similar to the memorandums of understanding (MOUs) that were hatched between internet companies at the Dotcom bubble top.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Prosecutors described Sanaa Cunningham’s death as the result of a murder plot concocted by her father and stepmother, Germayne and Lisa Cunningham, following months of abuse and neglect.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Swartz concocted this massive blockbuster trade idea, which sends Brown to his hometown team, the Atlanta Hawks.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But none of the band members ever flinched over the divide that formed over their pre- and post-Vheissu sound.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Only storms with names that formed after the year 2000 and that are within 50 miles of the potential landfall location are shown.
    William B. Davis, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The game encouraged competitive streaks, teamwork, and plenty of giggles, with parents noting it was well constructed, self-contained, and easy to store or bring along to grandma’s house.
    Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The World of Flight, the name of the basketball-skewed concept, will be located at 1617 Walnut Street in an historic Beaux Arts building constructed in the early 1900s.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Coined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coined. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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