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A simple comparison is repeatedly flipping a coin to decide whether to move one way or another.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

That May, he dined with 220 of its largest holders, some of whom bought up the coin expressly to secure invitations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Caesar’s name is on the coin; give him the coin.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Freedom and uncertainty are two sides of the same coin, and both can create an overwhelming amount of anxiety, especially when money is involved.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Two FBI agents went to interview the teachers who’d given it to Jimmy Bozart—but who remembers where they got a particular coin?

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Analyzing nearly 1,000 coins from 165 independent countries, I counted only 22 countries – about 13% of the total – whose circulating coins feature their sitting head of state.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Their mostly anonymous work personalized mass-produced material by decorating dog tags and coins, and recycling debris such as discarded shell and bullet cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

This newly identified behavior helps explain why gold jewelry, coins, and other objects can retain their luster for centuries.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

Rev Jane Lee said she and a lay minister were preparing for morning prayers when they discovered a plastic bag with a box which "to our amazement" contained nine gold Britannia coins inside.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

But not many people had coins to drop into the well.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

A year before Sire Records founder Seymour Stein coined the term “new wave” to describe the pop-flavored punk bands emerging in 1977, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers had already launched the movement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The stagnant condition of the labor market is so unusual that economists have even coined a phrase to describe it: “low-hire and low-fire,” a new phenomenon that emerged less than two years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

BofA Securities analyst Michael Hartnett first coined the term in 2023, after the megacap tech stocks dragged investors out of the 2022 bear market.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

The 51-year-old calls herself California’s “first partner,” a title she coined herself to signal an equal footing with the governor and gender inclusivity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

He had coined a phrase that jockeys would use for decades.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

“Our fans’ love for McDonald’s beverages runs deep, from rallying for the return of Hi-C Orange Lavaburst to coining the iconic ‘Spicy Sprite,’” McDonald’s said in a statement to Barron’s.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

“You’re starting to see it broaden out,” said Michael Hartnett, the Bank of America strategist who is credited with coining the Magnificent Seven moniker back in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

"In the past, people in their 40s were seen as already old," says Kim Yong-Sup, a trend analyst widely credited with coining the term "Young 40".

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

In the early ‘90s, authors William Strauss and Neil Howe, who were credited with coining the term “millennials,” took generational labels deep into the realm of pseudoscience.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025

Her thick plaited hair was coining undone, and her face was pink and flushed as she flung herself here and there after the ball.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez