as in invention
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination
this latest coinage from the minds who gave us the MP3 player
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Recent Examples of coinage
The buyers, a group that included coinage expert Mitch Spivack, resold it for $516,000 five days later.
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Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
In Palmyra, local authorities fostered a distinct identity by issuing bilingual coinage and insisting that civic inscriptions on buildings be written in Greek as well as Palmyrene Aramaic.
—Peter Frankopan, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2019
Five thousand years ago, elaborate systems arose to enable early agrarian societies to buy and sell goods and services on credit, since coinage had not been invented.
—Harris Irfan, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2015
The Robinson coins are unusual among United States coinage because they were minted when the subject pictured on the coins was still alive.
—arkansasonline.com, 20 July 2024
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The story of Zoe Bryce and Toby Withers, inventions of the hazy mind of Thora Pattern, could struggle to break the surface of the novel.—
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This was Thales, the invention of a bubbly Italian named Nicola Privato.—
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There are examples where governments can be the first money experimenting with different methodologies and tools to fund innovation and creating capital that is aligned with actual market need.—
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In this episode, Kasra Ferdows, an operations management professor at Georgetown University, explains how open digital platforms facilitate innovation and problem solving by making the entire supply chain more transparent to suppliers.—
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The panels and sharing sessions feature trends and challenges in the ASEAN film market, where rapidly soaring cinematic and theatrical creations are viewed.—
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Cocktails will remain simple and approachable with several classics, such as a light and refreshing spritz or a perfectly bittersweet negroni, along with another six to seven seasonal creations.—
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“Coinage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coinage. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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