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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as in fortune
a very large amount of money
she made a mint when the real estate market was hot
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Recent Examples of mint
Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Scarcity is a major driver in pushing sports team values higher, as more billionaires are minted each year and franchises are rarely added.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
In November 2004, off the coast of San Diego, multiple US Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz Strike Group spotted a white object resembling a Tic Tac breath mint, maneuvering in ways that defied aerodynamics.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The bronze coin was minted by ancient Jews between 69 and 70 A.D.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Scarcity is a major driver in pushing sports team values higher, as more billionaires are minted each year and franchises are rarely added.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
Some of the most popular juices include Hot to Trot (pineapple, lime, green apple, jalapeño, cilantro), Jenny’s Julep (grapefruit, green apple, mint, Himalayan sea salt) and Donkey Dreams (carrot, pineapple, orange, turmeric, ginger and lemon).
—Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
In November 2004, off the coast of San Diego, multiple US Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz Strike Group spotted a white object resembling a Tic Tac breath mint, maneuvering in ways that defied aerodynamics.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mint
Adjective
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The clash of pristine tailoring with naïve florals, seed beading and distressed leather.—
Blue Carreon,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The pristine bathroom will switch to something more ominous every time lightning strikes.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season, a little light was shone on how the fortunes of teams may go this year, including who is well-set and who is still missing pieces to succeed.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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In China, people are using DeepSeek to try to decode their fortunes.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This was a phrase coined and made famous by iconic Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders during his time in the NFL throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.—
Thomas Schlachter,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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The term, which Keane and Shapiro claim to have coined, refers to any A.I. chatbot designed to dispense moral advice with divine certitude.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This is the second time in a row that fresh Hindi releases fell short at the box office while a south-Indian film ranked high among global top scorers for a weekend.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The radiance and fresh-grapefruit scent linger on the skin; so do the moisturizing sunflower, passion fruit, açai, babassu, and rice bran oils.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The upshot for 2025 is that there’s no single mechanism; rather, a bundle of competing processes can occasionally give the hotter sample a head start.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Frontier and Spirit have started offering more bundles that include seats and baggage as well as more upmarket offerings like seats with more personal space.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The first step of doing that would be creating a unique conversation ID at the first touch and stamping it on every chat, call, portal click and email.—
Tayfun Bilsel,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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While 10 teams across South America, Asia, Oceania have already joined hosts Canada, Mexico and the United States in stamping their ticket to next June’s tournament, everything is still to play for in European qualifying.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Afterward, Mitchell became the editor of Nuclear Times, the disarmament magazine, despite having no nuclear background other than some extravagant atomic-bomb drills in junior high in the fifties.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Drills started with a massive bang when several Russian fighter jets came streaking in at a low level, dropping bombs on mock targets.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Banfield had to go back to the pile, as it was called, for nine straight days.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The pile-in on Broadcom comes after Oracle nearly turned into a hyperscaler overnight.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Mint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mint. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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