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  • "Coining" would have been a better word than minting!

    Tono Bungay 1906

  • Coining the phrase "mental retirement" to capture what happens when your brain is no longer getting regular exercise, the study shows that retired people as a group tend to do less well on cognitive and memory tests than people who are still working.

    5 Ways To Keep Your Brain Active As You Age Delia Lloyd 2010

  • Coining the phrase "mental retirement" to capture what happens when your brain is no longer getting regular exercise, the study shows that retired people as a group tend to do less well on cognitive and memory tests than people who are still working.

    Delia Lloyd: 5 Ways To Keep Your Brain Active As You Age Delia Lloyd 2010

  • Coining a new word for the occasion, she pleaded with "peaceful Muslims" to "pls refudiate" the plans for a proposed mosque near Ground Zero.

    Todd Green, Ph.D.: Anti-Mosque Sentiment in America: Lessons from Europe? 2010

  • Coining a new word for the occasion, she pleaded with "peaceful Muslims" to "pls refudiate" the plans for a proposed mosque near Ground Zero.

    Todd Green, Ph.D.: Anti-Mosque Sentiment in America: Lessons from Europe? Ph.D. Todd Green 2010

  • Coining money into being ought to be the sole authority of the federal government, or even the states that wish to do so although this is not currently allowed in the Constitution.

    Archive 2009-08-01 John M 2009

  • Among them: Coining a new euphemism in "green dugout" and helming a movie masterpiece in "Rocket Dog."

    Sean L. McCarthy: The SNL FAQ: Tracy Morgan 2009

  • Coining the basic terms “contraction” and “relaxation,” he based his dance movement on the three dimensions of space: depth, width and height and on power, time and space.

    Leah Bergstein. 2009

  • Coining the phrase from the good Dr. Hubbert, “the record is unequivocal.” www. kingofsimple.com

    Thinking the Unthinkable; The End of Oil: 2008

  • Coining phrases like "the Bible belt" and aphorisms like "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard," Mencken left his indecorous fingerprints all over American thought and speech.

    Ink-Stained Riches 2008

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