coining

verb

present participle of coin
1
as in inventing

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2
as in minting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coining
  1. inventing
  2. stamping
  3. designing
  4. fashioning
  5. devising
  6. forming
  7. hatching
  8. patting
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  • His great-great-grandfather, Antonio Cansino, was widely credited with inventing modern-day Spanish dance.
    — Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Whether inventing the Bong-a-Tron or freeing themselves after hours trapped inside a Party City parking lot, these misadventures almost always hinge on weed.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of inventing
Verb
  • Twenty-nine European countries, including France, Spain, and Greece, have implemented the entry-exit system (EES) that replaces manual passport stamping with biometric checks.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In place of painting on roses and covering them with chrome, consider stamping gold stickers on the center of each nail for professional-looking DIY nail art in minutes.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of stamping
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  • For decades, Canada Goose ducked out of designing summer clothing.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The lawsuit accuses Meta of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features that addict children to its platforms and hide these harms from the public.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of designing
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  • Beard is fashioning a Ted out of paper clips when Roy comes to release him for violating the comportment bylaws.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Isha has been fashioning herself as an industry power broker, this season shining attention on both these designers.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 8 July 2026
Definition of fashioning
Verb
  • Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Now Iran’s hardline leadership is devising and promoting its own strategy for continued confrontation with Washington.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of devising
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  • In the course of the film, Hargitay reevaluates her mom, forming a fuller picture of how Mansfield’s career choices were circumscribed by the egregious sexism of the 1950s and ‘60s.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Finding a planet-forming disk of gas and dust encircling all three stars in a system is very rare, and finding a disk consisting of three rings with misaligned orbits is even stranger.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of forming
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  • About two weeks after hatching, animal care workers noticed Marlin had respiratory issues.
    — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Black-and-yellow mangrove snakes are able to hunt independently soon after hatching.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of hatching
Verb
  • Drake also used the opening portion of the stream to reflect on his recent releases, patting himself on the back a little for dropping three projects at once.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
  • All of this isn’t just Hollywood patting itself on the back, by the way, a self-congratulation that doesn’t make a peep outside the echo chamber/Peacock Theater.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of patting
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