Examples of coinage in a Sentence
The word “blog” is a recent coinage.
Coinage was scarce in the colonies.
an expert in Chinese coinage
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Kraft noted that the coin's obverse was identical to the 1806 British coinage, while the reverse was unique to the Bahamas.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Other coinage acts throughout the years raised the gold-silver ratio, and the average ratio throughout the 20th century was closer to 47:1.
—Victor Rosario, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
Overall, Roman coinage comes with a variety of portraiture and other imagery, but every image and portrait has a purpose for whoever is deciding what to produce for the general Roman public.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
As the South Asian community has put down roots over the decades, so have the organizations devoted to creating third places – a coinage by sociologist Ray Oldenburg for the places where people can gather, socialize and bond outside work and school.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Other coinage acts throughout the years raised the gold-silver ratio, and the average ratio throughout the 20th century was closer to 47:1.
—Victor Rosario, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
Overall, Roman coinage comes with a variety of portraiture and other imagery, but every image and portrait has a purpose for whoever is deciding what to produce for the general Roman public.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
As the South Asian community has put down roots over the decades, so have the organizations devoted to creating third places – a coinage by sociologist Ray Oldenburg for the places where people can gather, socialize and bond outside work and school.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Coinage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coinage. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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coinage
noun
coin·age
ˈkȯi-nij 
1
: the act or process of coining
3
: something (as a word) made up or invented
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