coining

present participle of coin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coining
Verb
  • This geometric architecture may even explain how complex organisms evolved so rapidly — not by inventing new genes, but by rearranging the ways existing ones are used.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But truths go ignored, the film argues, when everyone prefers inventing realities for themselves.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Perez does not break down training into physical and tactical work, instead designing complex exercises so players build fitness while practising real-game situations.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Bluegame made excellent use of the open-plan interior, designing a large, broad main salon into the footprint, with large windows.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Warning signs a skunk is ready to spray include jumping, stamping their front feet, arching their back, clicking teeth, and hissing.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Aniyah wrote, stamping it with several heart emojis.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jesse Minter, the man tasked with devising a plan to slow down Rodgers when the Chargers play host to the Steelers on Sunday night at SoFi Stadium, will be 43 on May 9.
    Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Yet, after its ratification in 1870, Southern states set about trying to circumvent the amendment's intent by devising new ways to shape, control, and limit voting.
    Time, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Judge Subramanian said today he is still allowed to consider the evidence when fashioning the sentence.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • His newest installment centers on Hunnam as Gein, the infamous serial killer known for fashioning human body parts as furniture and clothing.
    Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For example, fever baby turtles in Raine Island, Australia are hatching.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The two theories triggered widespread alarm in the comment section, with viewers imagining what might be hatching above the woman's hotel bed.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During a week-long trial, the prosecution showed jurors text messages and other digital evidence that showed Urick and his girlfriend, Tara King, forming a detailed plan to rob and murder Tammy.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In healthy adipose – or fatty – tissue, sympathetic nerves align closely with blood vessels, forming bundles.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • China has also been concocting a pretext for action.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But in the late 1800s, food companies began concocting products that were wildly different from anything people could make themselves.
    Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Coining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coining. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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