coffers

Example Sentences

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Raising money is almost as important as investing it in the alternative asset business, and Apollo’s coffers swelled in the March quarter.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The first relates to funding challenges — higher returns would have meant that those benefits would have earned far more money, thereby keeping the coffers healthy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

After the war, public sentiment made it impossible to replenish diminished defense coffers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The $2.25-million award in the civil case will come from the county’s coffers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

“Willem Holst and Bert Van Daal—the two city guards on duty tonight. The ones you emptied the Black Tips’ coffers to bribe?”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo