made into coinage; coined
Used in a Sentence
minted
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for minted.
Editorial note
Guido van Rossum), you're a freshly minted grad from the likes of MIT and Stanford or you're an acqui-hire.
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Quick take
made into coinage; coined
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of minted gathered in one view.
flavoured with mint
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for minted.
adjective
made into coinage; coined
adjective
flavoured with mint
Example sentences
Guido van Rossum), you're a freshly minted grad from the likes of MIT and Stanford or you're an acqui-hire.
And its entirely likely the money will be conjured up from nowhere - minted for the purpose.
Your rates should not be pinned to a lowball bid for an annual salary for a newly minted CS student.
At night the process reverses and now the 'newly minted green electrons' get added to the green energy already being sold.
All it does is remove the possibility of golden handcuffs (which are very effective when a new unicorn is minted every week).
As an interesting aside, US pennies minted before 1982 contain $0.018 worth of copper.
A silver Barber dime minted in 1900 was 2.5 grams and 90% silver.
The other way round (deciding whether a newly minted string of length 10 can be put in a tagged pointer) is slightly more complex.
The flip side of there being an oversupply of newly minted PhDs is that there must be a commensurately high demand for PhD-level courses.
Get out of the euro, and let the newly minted and devalued currency be extremely attractive to buy stuff out of Greece, making their economy move).
The biggest shift which will happen over the next 15 years is when generals start being minted who were drone flight controllers or managed those operations.
And there are definitely some zero transaction blocks being minted.
Quote examples
When I contacted the MBA minted CEO I got a blunt - "it's not a problem, don't worry about it".
Additionally, newly-minted masculinists revive "manly" traditions like moustache waxing, shaving with straight razors, overblown midlife crises, cars with carburetors, and paleo dieting and lifestyle practices.
The British Museum has an awesome 20th century gold dinar (or similar arabic-inspired coinage) minted in Xinjiang, great to show unbelieving Chinese friends who think Xinjiang like Tibet and Yunnan are "inalienable parts of China".
I keep reading horror stories about multi-day interviews with "take home tests" and other insanity, here on HN - and these are usually traits of the interviewing processes of newly minted startups.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use minted in a sentence?
Guido van Rossum), you're a freshly minted grad from the likes of MIT and Stanford or you're an acqui-hire.
What does minted mean?
made into coinage; coined
What part of speech is minted?
minted is commonly used as adjective.