as in money
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
seeking a job that pays plenty of coin
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Recent Examples of coin
Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Workman, Chief Scientist and co-founder of the venture, helped coin the name Electric Goddess, honoring both the feminine energy of nurturing and the technical masculine drive of making.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
The coins will undergo conservation before they're put on public display.
—Ashley J. Dimella , Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Noun
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
Workman, Chief Scientist and co-founder of the venture, helped coin the name Electric Goddess, honoring both the feminine energy of nurturing and the technical masculine drive of making.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Chiefs won the opening coin toss and took the ball to start the second half.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
The coins will undergo conservation before they're put on public display.
—Ashley J. Dimella , Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coin
Noun
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Critics of this approach fear that Title I money could eventually be used in ways that undermine public schools — on private school vouchers, for example.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Anthony, for instance, rushed to the bank and withdrew the money demanded and gave it to someone who came to his home.—
Madhusree Mukerjee,
Scientific American,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The film will expand on the hit series created by Thomas Astruc and designed by Nathanaël Bronn, which has been airing on TF1 in France since 2015, as well as over 120 additional territories worldwide.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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The new research focused on an NOA mouse model specifically designed to mimic human genetic deficiencies causing meiotic arrest — a stage where sperm production stalls.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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It's believed that the coins of gold and silver were minted hundreds of years ago in Bolivia, Mexico and Peru, the same source noted.—
Ashley J. DiMella , Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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In anticipation of America’s 250th anniversary, Congress passed the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act, which allows the US Treasury to mint special $1 coins to celebrate the event.—
Kit Maher,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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McGawley recommends giving children actual cash—bills and coins—as young as age 5.—
Christina Binkley,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
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But the wine, card and cash was not enough — at least according to her friend.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But as he is penned in place at his desk, Lamb turns to his one reliable weapon, his unholy flatulence, to hatch an escape plan.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
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OpenAI hatched a partnership with AMD to give Sam Altman’s company up to a 10% stake while the chipmaker rolls out a series of GPUs over multiple years for the ChatGPT AI leader.—
John Melloy,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Aniyah wrote, stamping it with several heart emojis.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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Ohio State stamped its authority on the Big Ten with a road win at Illinois.—
Erick Smith,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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That agenda has led to a volatile peso currency and seen investors aggressively dump Argentine stocks and bonds.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The rare, direct foreign intervention, which will take the form of a currency swap, is aimed at boosting a collapsing peso and calming market volatility ahead of Argentina’s midterm elections later this month.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Intel, the once-dominant chipmaker, is in a fight for its life that requires it to aggressively move into leading-edge chips, including those optimized for AI, while drumming up the funding to float that expensive transition.—
Alyson Shontell,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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This play doesn’t drum up hatred.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Coin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coin. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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