pocketbook

Example Sentences

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America’s pocketbook and its military are both showing their limits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“Broader electorates require democracy narratives grounded in pocketbook realities.”

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Yet domestic pocketbook issues for many U.S. households remain front-and-center as 2026 kicks off on Wall Street.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 4, 2026

By the early 20th century, dictionaries of American slang show gravy drifting from the plate to the pocketbook.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

I dug into my pocketbook and found the scraps of my letter to Doreen.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath