as in pristine
being in an original and unused or unspoiled state
a mint baseball card that should be worth a lot to a collector
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as in fortune
a very large amount of money
she made a mint when the real estate market was hot
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Recent Examples of mint
Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Scarcity is a major driver in pushing sports team values higher, as more billionaires are minted each year and franchises are rarely added.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
In November 2004, off the coast of San Diego, multiple US Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz Strike Group spotted a white object resembling a Tic Tac breath mint, maneuvering in ways that defied aerodynamics.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The bronze coin was minted by ancient Jews between 69 and 70 A.D.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Scarcity is a major driver in pushing sports team values higher, as more billionaires are minted each year and franchises are rarely added.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
Some of the most popular juices include Hot to Trot (pineapple, lime, green apple, jalapeño, cilantro), Jenny’s Julep (grapefruit, green apple, mint, Himalayan sea salt) and Donkey Dreams (carrot, pineapple, orange, turmeric, ginger and lemon).
—Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
In November 2004, off the coast of San Diego, multiple US Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz Strike Group spotted a white object resembling a Tic Tac breath mint, maneuvering in ways that defied aerodynamics.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mint
Adjective
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The wine service at Chenin, a 10-seat wine and craft cocktail bar that opened at the ground level of The Siren Hotel, is equally pristine.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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LogoPowered byScale logo Earlier this year, a titanium mine was slated for construction on the edge of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, an unusually diverse ecosystem that is home to some of the country’s most pristine wetlands.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Panthers are paying their offensive line a fortune, and Hubbard is here for the long haul, focusing on those two variables is essential.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Wall Street veteran was astonished by the Chouinards’ sincere desire to part with their fortune.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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This was a phrase coined and made famous by iconic Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders during his time in the NFL throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.—
Thomas Schlachter,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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The term, which Keane and Shapiro claim to have coined, refers to any A.I. chatbot designed to dispense moral advice with divine certitude.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The 12-piece line, featuring colorful plates, cups, candleholders, and a show-stopping spiral vase, reimagines classic Swedish holiday traditions with a fresh, joyful edge.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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Troost-Ekong Pushes Back Against Doubters Visionhaus/Getty Images Captain William Troost-Ekong drew on Nigeria’s history while insisting this is a fresh challenge.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The upshot for 2025 is that there’s no single mechanism; rather, a bundle of competing processes can occasionally give the hotter sample a head start.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Frontier and Spirit have started offering more bundles that include seats and baggage as well as more upmarket offerings like seats with more personal space.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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While 10 teams across South America, Asia, Oceania have already joined hosts Canada, Mexico and the United States in stamping their ticket to next June’s tournament, everything is still to play for in European qualifying.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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More on the nanoimprint lithography (NIL) Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is like stamping patterns onto a film, but at a microscopic level.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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The challenge grows in degraded or denied GPS environments, where many existing bombs lose precision.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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Can some of the other Idaho coffee drive-thrus step up their bizarro sugar-bomb drink games?—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Sep. 2025
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Banfield had to go back to the pile, as it was called, for nine straight days.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The pile-in on Broadcom comes after Oracle nearly turned into a hyperscaler overnight.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Mint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mint. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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