coined

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He calls the project Ford’s “skunk works,” a term coined by Lockheed engineers working on secret aircraft during World War II.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Marsden had a "penchant for different architectural styles", Richardson said, where he had done something similar at a property in Merseyside coined "the Brush Castle".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

She coined the rallying cry: “Sí, se puede,” translated to “Yes, we can!”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Having coined the phrase nature versus nurture, Galton had wondered how a scientist might discern the influence of one over the other.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee