minted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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If you won $100 million — a life-changing sum — $5 million or $10 million could change her life and would not alter yours in any meaningful way as a newly minted multimillionaire.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
And with this description of parts of the Home Office in 2006, the then-Home Secretary John Reid minted a phrase that has lodged in the lexicon of British politics.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
And this year he will have a commemorative coin bearing his image, minted to mark America's 250th birthday.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
The recent volatility has minted some winners—stocks in the S&P 500 energy sector are up 39% this year, on track to notch their best quarterly performance on record.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
That said, Kamen was very much Rubens superior in the academic pecking order, for the latter was a freshly minted PhD still seeking a faculty position in the Chemistry Department.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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