coin
noun
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
are coining
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present progressiveof coin.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But she offered this backhanded praise: Americans, she wrote, “are doing what the Elizabethans did—they are coining new words.”
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019
At the moment, four separate NT productions are coining in the cash in the West End while This House and the Alan Bennett series play to packed houses at the National itself.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2013
Now industrial designers are coining terms like "blobjects," "commodity chic" and "cutensils" by creating items to match.
From Time Magazine Archive
We are coining about two millions a month now, and silver is still going down.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Ingersoll, Robert Green
His exhibitors, who are coining him into money, should seek the best medical care for him and avoid surcharging his memory with rubbish.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
