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adjective

Definition of mintnext
as in pristine
being in an original and unused or unspoiled state a mint baseball card that should be worth a lot to a collector

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mint

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noun

as in fortune
a very large amount of money she made a mint when the real estate market was hot

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mint

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verb

as in to coin

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Recent Examples of mint
Noun
This is an excellent white rum that works well in the distillery’s signature mojito cocktail, a drink that combines mint, sugar, and lime, but still allows its vanilla, caramel, and banana notes to shine through. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2026 Vinyl copies of The Bridge is currently available for pre-order, including a special mint edition. — Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
Instead of the reserve income being held by a single issuer, it’s shared with partners who can also mint and redeem tokens at no cost. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 July 2026 Luca Zidane, the son of World Cup legend Zinedine, tries to mint a legacy of his own in net for Algeria. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mint
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mint
  1. pristine
  2. fortune
  3. coin
  4. fresh
  5. bundle
  6. stamp
  7. bomb
  8. pile
Adjective
  • Yet, despite having pristine pools of first-party consumer insights, many CDPs remain passive archives—costly repositories of record that store data rather than act on it in real time.
    — Pratik Bhadra, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But look, there’s also loads of Ye Olde charm, beautiful beaches, pristine forests and a brand-new cappuccino machine!
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of pristine
Noun
  • Much of his fortune is also tied to DFO Management, his private investment firm, which invests in hotels and liquid corporate credit.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Some people are going to great lengths to save money and make ends meet, others are thriving and feel kind of guilty about their good fortune.
    — Sarah Gonzalez, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of fortune
Verb
  • After Carl Linnaeus—the father of the discipline, who had the gall to coin Homo sapiens—died in 1778, the slogan Deus creavit, Linnaeus disposuit (God created, Linnaeus organized) began to circulate.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The nickname Tartan Army was coined by British sports journalists in the 1970s to describe the massive traveling support of the Scotland national football team.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
Definition of coin
Adjective
  • But with the newer franchises, the deepest wounds are still fresh, so unlike Kim Zolciak and Nene, opposing parties in those cities are having a harder time celebrating the sisterhood of it all.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Back then, Canales was a fresh-faced teenager who was seen as the future of Spanish football.
    — David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of fresh
Noun
  • The bundle also includes four torches to keep the bugs at bay.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The locations 7 Brew purchased at auction come in two bundles, with 49 sites in group A and 24 in group B.
    — John Magsam Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of bundle
Verb
  • The rule would require mail-in ballots to be stamped with official Election Mail markings and to be sent inside automation-compatible envelopes with unique Intelligent Mail barcodes.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Not only do the odors of both equine and human perspiration, body odor, and hormones linger in the air, but a horse’s hooves contain scent glands that stamp her scent into the ground.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of stamp
Noun
  • On the final play of the game, Underwood found space and gave his receivers time to get downfield before heaving a bomb that ended up sailing just out the back of the end zone.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Marshall in the first half also connected on another bomb, this one a 47-yard pass up the middle to Middle Tennessee transfer Nahzae Cox.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of bomb
Noun
  • In body camera footage from the rescue, officers can be seen cutting the bolt on the back door of the trailer, revealing the two children and Brown sitting among piles of blankets.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Suckers for a touch of whimsy, the company’s window dressers once garnished a display inspired by the Garde Républicaine, a famous French cavalry division, with a pile of horse manure.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
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