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Example Sentences
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Jukeboxes were central to the swing-music youth culture of the 1930s, a period when the term “teenager” was coined.
"There was just crisis on every front… it's classic glass cliff," says Michelle Ryan, Director of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership and one of the researchers who coined the term.
From BBC
“Korea has become a country people aspire to experience, it’s not just ‘Hallyu’ anymore,” he said, referring to a term coined to describe the Korean culture wave.
But he has coined an internal phrase based on a pair of common Korean expressions: “pali, pali,” which means quickly, and “miri, miri” which means in advance.
Alcaraz has 'CCC' tattooed on his wrist - a tribute to the family phrase coined by his grandad and drummed into the six-time major champion when he was a child.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
