mint
noun
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
was minting
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past progressiveof mint.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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During the 2010s, the stretch from Boulder to Colorado Springs, dubbed “Silicon Mountain” for its concentration of founders, was minting a new startup every 72 hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
That year, the world was minting new billionaires at a rate, Forbes noted, of about one every 17 hours.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
Meanwhile, the rest of the skating world — Russia and Japan, in particular — was minting would-be champions who fearlessly attacked the most difficult jumps, pushing their own limits.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2018
The choice is much like the one a government would face if it learned that another country was minting fake passports.
From Slate ● May 2, 2017
The sullen silence of Alfred Emanuel Smith was minting votes for President Hoover.
From Time Magazine Archive
