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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  • What broke them was the agent inventing a sequence of steps at runtime that nobody anticipated.
    — Binny Gill, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Alex Calder is perhaps best known for inventing the mobile—a kinetic sculpture in which abstract shapes are gently moved by natural air currents—but the late, great American sculptor was also a talented jeweler.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of inventing
Verb
  • When Louise would remember the show decades later, the audience was always so electric that the room exploded into stamping feet and pounding fists.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • All this suggests that stopping illicit distillation will mean finding new attacks before stamping them out.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of stamping
Verb
  • The team took cues from the first drop when designing the second installment.
    — Kelsey Stewart, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Right now, Grossman and his team are designing the next phase of the Clear Creek Trail, which will expand upstream about a mile from the Huntsman trailhead.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of designing
Verb
  • The duo and their team of costumers got to work fashioning Skarsgård a bottom half—wood and all.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Now nobody wants to start fashioning a bust in Canton for Rodriguez already but as fellow linebacker Jordyn Brooks told the Miami Herald, the rookie has the potential to be an amazing player for quite some time.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of fashioning
Verb
  • With her knack for devising novel solutions to seemingly insoluble problems, no one was better suited for the job.
    — Dean Robbins, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Mungiu may have a less sadistic streak and a more active camera, but the two filmmakers share a particular commitment to narrative indeterminacy, devising intricate yet incomplete crime-story plots that function broadly as sociopolitical allegories.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of devising
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  • What scientists are more sure of is the fact that this interstellar comet was produced within a planet-forming disk of gas and dust around a young star, possibly as long ago as 10 to 12 billion years.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • On Friday, Netanyahu again warned against forming a coalition with Arab parties.
    — CARA ANNA, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of forming
Verb
  • For the first sea turtle eggs ever laid on California beaches, hatching day — hopefully — draws near.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Known for his figurative expressionist works, often using a cross-hatching technique to distort the human body, Chowdhury blended Western modern artistic currents with local Indian influences.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of hatching
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  • Sprinkle salt mixture liberally all over turkey, patting to adhere.
    — Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Parents said the conversations mostly served as a hand-patting session rather than practical help.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of patting
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“Coining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coining. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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