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Something new might appear in your change when you pay in cash from now on: a 10p coin featuring the portrait of King Charles and the world's largest grouse.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
If the coin lands inside, their wish is supposed to come true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Regulation of these contracts should not be a legal coin flip decided by which courthouse a company gets sued in.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Anyway, if the debt should finally sink the public credit, Smith prescribed an open and avowed national bankruptcy rather than the treacherous debasement of the coin of the realm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
He unwraps a coin and pops it into his mouth.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
His signature will soon adorn our paper currency — a presidential first — and his face will appear on coins.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
An image of a quadriga, a four-horse chariot, from one of the collection’s numerous antique coins, became the foundation’s emblem, symbolizing its four pillars: culture, education, science and philanthropy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Because Bitcoin operates without a central authority, these computers verify transactions and are rewarded with newly-created digital coins.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
So I sliced the kielbasa into coins, cut up one red pepper and one medium onion, tucked the whole thing into a reusable freezer bag and flattened it out.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
“We need a rematch,” he says, handing his coins to me.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Plus, the newly coined “Lake America” and the blurring lines between fiscal strategy and Fed independence ahead of Jackson Hole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He coined the term bond vigilantes in 1983.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
There was enough of a resurgence in the 1970s to merit a new term, the “directorial mode,” coined by critic A.D.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Infante likes using a word coined by journalist H.L.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
And when Boyle coined the phrase experimentum crucis to honour the Puy-de-Dôme experiment he was marking the beginning of a new era in which philosophical disputes would be resolved by experimentation.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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
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
Mr. Ashton, a tech figure known for coining the phrase “the Internet of Things,” seems to regard himself as something of a progressive visionary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 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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Vocabulary from the Constitution of the United States
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