coin
noun
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
had coined
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past perfectof coin.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But Edna was the kind of gal who could convince you that she had coined it all by herself.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Burke, 49, had coined “Me Too” as part of her advocacy work more than a decade before a hashtagged tweet from actor Alyssa Milano, in the wake of the Weinstein allegations, saw the phrase explode.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
Irv Cheney’s sister, Lelia, had coined the nickname because of the pastor’s astonishing memory.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2022
About a decade earlier, Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler had coined the term to describe the social withdrawal and detachment from reality often seen in children with schizophrenia.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2018
He next started to invent separate signs for each word, and again became dissatisfied when he had coined thousands of signs and still needed more.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
