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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BofA Securities analyst Michael Hartnett first coined the term in 2023, after the megacap tech stocks dragged investors out of the 2022 bear market.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
When prominent AI researcher Andrej Karpathy coined the term “vibe coding” in early 2025, he gave an explicit shoutout to Cursor.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026
Researchers have coined a term to describe AI’s uneven capabilities: “jagged frontier.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
"Our identity is intensity" was the phrase coined by Pep Lijnders when he was Liverpool's assistant manager under Klopp.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
It was he who coined the term "Big Bang," in a moment of facetiousness, for a radio broadcast in 1952.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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