coined
Americanadjective
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(of a word, expression, etc.) invented or made up.
A coined word, such as Xerox, is one of the most easily protected categories of trademark.
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relating to or being money made by stamping metal; minted.
Our government founders were determined that the coined value of our gold and silver money should correspond with the market value of the bullion contained.
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(of metal) made into coinage by stamping.
The floor of the vault was buried in coined gold and silver that had burst from the sacks it was originally stored in.
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Macron coined a slogan for the approach: Quoi qu’il en coûte, or “whatever it costs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Ekerdt pointed me to a 1988 paper by consumer researcher Russell Belk, who coined the term “extended self” to describe this phenomenon.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
It was a mantra coined by the tech giant Meta and used until 2012, which came to define the bad old days of social media running riot in a feeding frenzy of user data.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
No one seems to know who coined the term, but the label wasn’t what mattered; it was the idea that the military was hiding a device that could fix everything wrong with you.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
It was Rowan who had coined the term “lettuce-kid” to describe them.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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