The word “blog” is a recent coinage. Coinage was scarce in the colonies.
an expert in Chinese coinage
Recent Examples on the WebBut with the invention of coinage in what is now modern-day Turkey between 500 BCE and 600 BCE, people largely switched to money.—Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024 Snowden's comparison of bitcoin to historical advancements in currency, such as coinage, demonstrates its transformative potential in challenging traditional financial systems.—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 And even if the movies on schedule are successful at the box office, they aren’t expected to collectively live up to the coinage generated by the last two holiday seasons.—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Dec. 2023 Words Are Vital To Generative AI And Humans Too
Words are the coinage of human communication.—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024 An extraordinary coin with only 109 minted, epitomizing the elegance and rarity of the era's coinage.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2024 Beyond the extra coinage, there’s hope that theatrical releases lead to a longer-lasting cultural impact.—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024 That coinage would be melted down into ingots, then crafted into wearable art including cuffs, bracelets and necklaces.—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024 When visitors arrive in Cuba, foreign coinage is exchanged into a special currency known as a CUC – a Cuban convertible peso.—Moriah Balingit, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
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