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coin

[koin] / kɔɪn /




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The name Cartel of the Suns, a term coined by Venezuelan journalists, refers to the gold suns—equivalent to American generals’ gold stars—worn by Venezuelan generals on the epaulets of their uniforms.

From The Wall Street Journal

Who is proven right might come down to a coin flip.

From Barron's

I quibble with that—because the code is open-source, it doesn’t matter who was behind it, any more than it matters who minted the first gold coin.

From The Wall Street Journal

That’s the late and legendary ABC Sports announcer Keith Jackson, who coined that term for the Rose Bowl Game and it stuck.

From Los Angeles Times

Cryptocurrency exchanges, which act like banks for the industry allowing people to exchange standard currency for virtual coins, must now ensure they automatically share up to date and accurate accounts of all their users' earnings.

From BBC