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[koin] / kɔɪn /




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MarketWatch: What should a parent teach a teenager about crypto before the teenager buys their first coin?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Accusations of fraud arose when Milei posted on X, formerly Twitter, about the $Libra coin, which he said at the time would help fund small businesses and start-ups.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Arduous tests loom during the second half of the season, however, making the chances of getting the nod from the CFP selection committee a coin flip at best.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Under the NFL’s previous overtime rules, when a touchdown on the opening possession could end the game, everyone understood that winning the coin toss conferred an enormous advantage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The CIA eventually cleared Powers of any suspicion of disloyalty—but did not explain to the public that pilots were never ordered to kill themselves, or even to carry the hollow coin with the poison needle.

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

With grilled chicken and sweet potato coins glossed with maple syrup and orange zest.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Crypto is a type of digital asset which does not exist physically like cash or coins.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Digital coins slid after cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it had suffered the largest heist in crypto history, with hackers making off with assets worth $6.3 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

They said they paid $2,146,958.22 for gold coins worth roughly $1,360,925.00, “without any notion that in a matter of just two weeks” their retirement accounts had been sapped of more than $780,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The miller and all his sons were in the crowd, and they bumped and shoved more than anyone, snarling to get the coins.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

He hearkened back to the idea of “bond vigilantes,” a famous term coined by economist Ed Yardeni to describe investors who shun debt until yields rise and they get paid more.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Margaret Hamilton was a trailblazer in her field, leading the team who developed the software for Nasa's Apollo missions, which coined the term "software engineering".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The term “ultraprocessed foods” was coined by nutritional epidemiologist Carlos Monteiro and his team at the University of São Paulo in the early 2000s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The authority of the ICJ was built on the precise legal definitions established by figures like Raphael Lemkin, who coined “genocide,” and Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, who helped shaped the concept of “crimes against humanity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

For family delicacy, Dad coined two synonyms for going to the bathroom in the woods.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

In 2019, Trump praised the CEO for Apple’s domestic investments, accidentally coining the nickname “Tim Apple” in the process.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

The Canadian psychoanalyst and management consultant Elliott Jaques is often credited with coining the term “midlife crisis” in 1965.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Ahmed: Well, I was really proud to be part of the conversation, when we were kind of collectively coining that term, right, going from diversity to representation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

“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

Miig was considering coining but, at the last minute, decided to stay back.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline


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