pocketbook
Example Sentences
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Officials said they would use this additional fiscal firepower on measures to raise the country’s standard of living, and help households deal with pocketbook strains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
With midterm elections coming in November, pocketbook subjects like the cost of groceries and utilities appear poised to grab a bigger share of voters’ attention — and ire.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
By the early 20th century, dictionaries of American slang show gravy drifting from the plate to the pocketbook.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025
The school that produced Milton Friedman and 34 other Nobel Prize-winning economists is struggling to manage its pocketbook.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
She offered one to Margaret, who refused, and started searching for something inside her pocketbook.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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