coinage

noun

ˈkȯi-nij How to pronounce coinage (audio)
Definition of coinagenext
as in invention
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination this latest coinage from the minds who gave us the MP3 player

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Recent Examples of coinage The author, a professor named Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, proved to have a knack not just for provocative legal essays but for coinages, too. — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 People have been called pedants since the early modern period—pedante is a fifteenth-century Italian coinage for a professional teacher of Latin literature and rhetoric—but have been acting pedantically for millennia. — Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 Propagandi, in other words, isn’t just a clever coinage. — Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026 Before the mid-1960s, the United States Mint used silver in everyday coinage. — Nick Perry, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coinage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coinage
  1. invention
  2. innovation
  3. creation
Noun
  • The team’s invention enables the creation of garments that act as a direct interface to a wearer’s health data and their digital devices, with no rigid screen involved.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Combining the two would bring the tech and infrastructure parts of Musk’s empire together (the Wall Street pitch) and a hyperconcentrated bet on the billionaire’s inventions, politics, and personality (the actual pitch).
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of invention
Noun
  • Policymakers recognized that American companies needed a stronger reason to invest in innovation.
    — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Turning the tables, American technology innovation companies are positioning AI data centers as major water producers rather than water guzzlers.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of innovation
Noun
  • But the One Ring — the weapon that will reshape Middle-earth — is the true star, and the new peek at the third season revels in its creation.
    — Deborah Day, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The magnitude of funding being poured into AI ads is not just evidence of how consequential this election cycle is, but also how pervasive artificial intelligence has become in content creation.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of creation

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“Coinage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coinage. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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