mint
noun
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
were 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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They were minting a cryptocurrency called FTT, and then sending people statements telling them how many FTTs they had.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2022
The miners wanted to take no risks with the money they were minting.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2016
Companies such as Apple Computer and Commodore were minting fresh millionaires selling machines with built-in operating systems.
From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams
The mixture that was in our armies was their grief, and their comfort was that the judicatories were minting at370 their duty to purge them.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
