coffers

Example Sentences

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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

The site is jointly operated by global mining giant Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting, and last year tipped A$832m into Rinehart's company's coffers.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Costs from wildfire will also continue to weigh on the county’s coffers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

California’s coffers are sufficient to meet demand for refined products like jet fuel and gasoline in April, but a shortfall is likely to emerge over the following months, Walz said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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