coined

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

It’s a term coined by Charles Darwin’s cousin Francis Galton in 1883, though understanding the structure of the human genome came much later.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

"What they did communicate clearly, to the delight of markets, was that Trump is looking for an exit," wrote Robert Armstrong, the Financial Times journalist who first coined the term TACO.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

“Jaw-jaw is better than war-war,” Harold Macmillan once said, sharpening a phrase coined by Winston Churchill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

But the student easily coined the new word because of his very distance from Chicano culture.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez