COINED Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

coined

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past tense of coin

as in invented

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However, actually measuring time down to the second only became possible after Christiaan Huygens invented the pendulum clock in 1657.

— Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
In Canada, when an Air Canada chatbot invented a bereavement-fare policy, the airline argued the bot was a separate entity responsible for its own actions; the tribunal called the submission remarkable and made the airline pay.

— Michael Riedl, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of invented

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The community nurse hadn’t even bothered to rewrite it, and the polite doctor simply stamped under her amendments.

— Alicja Turczyk, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026
Drivers sometimes made their own, carved from wood, stamped onto metal, the numbers mounted on screens, or painted onto boards.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

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At 25 minutes per episode, the show is designed for streaming services, and it has been given an innovative rollout in Germany this fall, when three episodes will launch on ZDF’s streaming service, with Episode 1 also available on YouTube.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Typically made in days or weeks, emergency orders are designed to be temporary, lasting only as cases continue to play out in lower courts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of designed

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The results suggested that the idea of using messenger RNA to train the immune system to attack cancer cells — an approach first devised decades ago — was ripe for further drug development.

— Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Teams devised an unprecedented bit of spaceship surgery to replace the valve without draining the propellant and disassembling the spacecraft, steps that would have triggered a much longer delay.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of devised

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Accessibility Seven king and double/queen accessible rooms are fashioned with private, separate entrances and patios.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
At the 2023 Oscars, hairstylist Peter Lux fashioned her ponytail forward into clever trompe l’oeil micro bangs as part of an equally sculptural updo.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of fashioned

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Having never been to Woodstock before the idea of the festival was first hatched, Blaustein, along with her then-husband, the late Laurent Rejto, created a film festival without any funds or fame.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
ChatGPT wasn’t hatched beneath a volcano to take over the world.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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