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The additional billboard phrases echo those coined during Ono and Lennon’s creation of the conceptual country of “Nutopia,” which championed peace, love and unity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

"Our identity is intensity" was the phrase coined by Pep Lijnders when he was Liverpool's assistant manager under Klopp.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Law professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” decades ago.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

British observers touring U.S. armories in 1854 were so struck by the uniformity of American manufacturing they coined a name for it: "the American system."

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

He read and reread the works of Stephen Potter—the English writer who coined the terms one-upmanship and gamesmanship—not as social satire but as a manual of practical stratagems.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer