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
Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026
So, whether you're drawn to the accessibility of a gold ETF, the tangibility of coins or bars or the tax advantages of a gold IRA, the current dip may offer a more favorable entry point than the market provided just weeks ago.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
That same flight saw her draft her first business plan, coin the name Miami Sample, and register the domain.
—Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The proposal had been rejected by members of a separate federal coin committee — and panned by former member Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
—Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026
So, whether you're drawn to the accessibility of a gold ETF, the tangibility of coins or bars or the tax advantages of a gold IRA, the current dip may offer a more favorable entry point than the market provided just weeks ago.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
Their friendship has even inspired fans to coin their names as a term of endearment.
—Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
That same flight saw her draft her first business plan, coin the name Miami Sample, and register the domain.
—Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coin
Noun
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Richins declined to testify at the trial, where the prosecution painted her as a killer set on taking her husband's money.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Iza held the victim at gunpoint and demanded the business partner transfer money to him — which the business partner did later that day, documents filed in Los Angeles federal court show.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Justice Department argued that the Department of Homeland Security has sole power over the program, which was designed to be temporary.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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The food philosophy is clean eating designed to serve your time there.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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Those critics told The Washington Post the administration could try to mint the coin without their approval but that the effort could face legal challenges.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Indiana would be one of seven states to mint such an agreement, the terms of which aren't entirely clear.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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If no one wins the jackpot, the cash prize will keep ticking up.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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The appropriation, which came as part of the President’s domestic-spending bill, has kept ICE flush with cash during the shutdown.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Like a quintessential spy movie montage, Kennedy’s inner circle started hatching a plan on how to hide the president’s son and a princess.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
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California grunion will leave the water to spawn on beaches where their eggs will incubate in the sand and hatch more than a week later, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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My kids stamped, dyed, experimented, and ended the day with scarves of their own design.—
Christine Chitnis,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Indy Indie Book Crawl is a four-day event that encourages readers to support local, independent and community bookstores across central Indiana by getting a special bookmark stamped at participating locations, in which this year there are 37.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
19 Mar. 2026
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This comes as rapid shifts in equities, currencies and commodities forced investors to unwind positions across global markets.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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Violence in Iran Tens of thousands of Iranians protested in the streets after their currency crashed at the end of last year.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Millions and millions of dollars are poured into the sprawling motion picture economy of Los Angeles to drum up support for the year’s Academy Award nominees.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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Union officials also held a rally outside district offices Tuesday afternoon, drumming up support for their cause ahead of the school board’s meeting.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Coin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coin. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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