coining

Definition of coiningnext
present participle of coin

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Known for inventing the Giant Bar and Candy Raisins, the Ziegler company became one of Wisconsin’s largest candy companies.
    Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Thomas Edison had many misses inventing the lightbulb.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • As more people prioritize long-term health and wellness, interior designers are seeing a surge in requests for designing separate sleep spaces.
    Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Since so much work has already been completed, architects have been tasked with designing the best and least wasteful way of using the infrastructure that's already built.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Valentine block stamping and printing workshop will be led by Nicki Fortunati-Warren, a multidisciplinary artist and bookbinder born in Italy and based in the Chicago area.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Other reasons include foreign countries potentially prohibiting entry access, due to another country stamping the passport, or to provide validation for travel to a restricted country.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • And commissioners spent all that time devising the College Sports Commission in an attempt to stabilize the NIL/portal market, then sit back and let one school in their conference steal yet another star QB half an hour before the portal closes.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The 40-year-old cooks up ways to make quarterbacks miserable in his sleep, devising schemes that are meant to lure as much as they are intended to confuse.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Keïta and his studio fostered the embellishment of style and persona, the pleasure and play of fashioning a look and of desiring to be looked at.
    Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Investing in foam covers or even fashioning DIY covers from items in your home can help protect your pipes during a cold snap.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Harriet Walter has a nice scene as the Prime Minister hatching her own devious political plan.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
  • According to the American Eagle Foundation, bald eagles normally lay one to three eggs per year, with eggs hatching anywhere between 34 and 40 days after incubation.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Citric acid binds to calcium, stopping these crystals from forming into stones.
    Zia Sherrell, Health, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Film-forming sealers eventually peel.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The reality is that the AI is concocting elaborate personas, faking as though humans are writing about human woes.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Both activities can be fairly ordinary hobbies—games of imagination not so different from crushing on a pop star or concocting stories about a film protagonist.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
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“Coining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coining. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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