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coin

[koin] / kɔɪn /




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At the heart of Britain's coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are stripped down and dipped into giant vats to recover a hidden treasure: the gold in their circuits.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

The analysts said that of the potential $12 a share from the contingent value rights, they view $5 as likely and $5 as unlikely, with the remaining $2 a coin flip.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

You have the choice of instantly receiving £50,000 or flipping a coin for a 50/50 chance of £1m.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

So on paper, passing up the coin flip means missing out on a lot of value.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Every time we found a coin, we’d say Winner, winner, and when we had enough, we’d march to Fred’s, the gas-station store, singing Winner, winner, lunch and dinner, and we’d buy Cheetos and Cheerios.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

He planned to buy undervalued Morgan silver dollars—iconic coins with a buzzing collector market—get them professionally graded and flip them for profit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The coins came back from professional grading services worth far less than he had paid.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Scavengers would dig up artifacts like gold coins and porcelain doll heads, and Bayouth admired their aged, archival qualities, a theme that takes shape in her ceramics.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

It is possible to trade the cards and build up in-game "coins" without using real money, but it is generally seen as a slower and less effective way to play.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

“But conjure dollars and coins are so much more fun.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

The doctrine at the center of all this has a name: the Purcell principle, a term coined by Slate contributor Richard L. Hasen after a 2006 case, Purcell v.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

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

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

When prominent AI researcher Andrej Karpathy coined the term “vibe coding” in early 2025, he gave an explicit shoutout to Cursor.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

Some larger cities coined their own currency, but outside those cities the money was only worth the weight of the metal.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

Wheeler was an ideological leader in developing quantum cosmology and is memorialized by his many contributions to the field, including coining the term black holes.

From Salon Jan. 17, 2025

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

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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