coining

Definition of coiningnext
present participle of coin

Example Sentences

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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
  • More than 1,000 robots work alongside almost 1,500 humans, hoisting, stamping and welding in robotic unison.
    Marc Lieberman, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Trump stamping his name on buildings is not new.
    Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Companies are actively devising strategies to counteract muscle loss in people taking the drugs.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Sondheim got to work at eight o’clock one night, devising a version of the murder game in which all the players would have to use their wits to untangle the mystery.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 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
  • Re-hatching Some find the hatching process to be the most enjoyable part of playing with Hatchimals.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the adults are hatching their own plan to find and defeat the monstrous force.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 14 Dec. 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 11 Jan. 2026.

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