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as in pocket
coffers plural
available money
let me see what's in the household coffers and I'll get back to you about making a donation
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as in to deposit
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Recent Examples of coffer
Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
Think of the tax revenue which could end up in state and city coffers around this time of year, New Year’s Eve, and other state, national and international dates.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Money left unspent goes back into state coffers at the end of each fiscal year.
—Paul Egan, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Mamdani has focused his campaign on populist messaging, emphasized door-to-door ground outreach and built up his campaign coffers with small dollar donations.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
Think of the tax revenue which could end up in state and city coffers around this time of year, New Year’s Eve, and other state, national and international dates.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
Verb
Once the lithium is being developed, the money will need to go to the State coffers and cannot be siphoned off by the typical corruption that has long bedeviled the country.
—Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Money left unspent goes back into state coffers at the end of each fiscal year.
—Paul Egan, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffer
Noun
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If Taylor Swift is waiting for celebratory moment to drop some Reputation vault tracks or debut re-recordings, her best option might just be The Official Release Party of a Showgirl.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
20 Sep. 2025
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Now, all these additions have created much more mobile vault hunters between slides, dashes, gliding and double jumps, in addition to whatever mobility moves your character itself may have.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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He still tippy-taps in the pocket like a skittish rookie.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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On a third-and-10, Herbert dropped back and had a clean pocket.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The team deposited the remarkable find at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Paleontology, where Tsogtbaatar is also affiliated.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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With the latest financing agreement, the team has devoted roughly $125 million to its half of the project, after the team’s for-profit ownership group deposited $25 million in escrow for construction in February, as required by the city lease.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Buffs have been made to various maps in terms of monster density, chests, number of rare and magic monsters, essences, strongboxes, shrines and all of this is without specific Waystone or Tower modifiers.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Another artifact reflecting the sharp divides between rich and poor is an elaborate 800-pound steel strongbox that would have been used to store money—a great deal of it—in the home.—
Teresa Nowakowski,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Nov. 2023
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Another issue, according to some large investment fund managers, is that investors’ concern.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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This year, the jury also created a scholarship fund for people seeking careers in journalism and automotive design and engineering.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Getafe, meanwhile, could leapfrog its host with a shock win at the Camp Nou, having already banked two away wins from as many trips this term.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Scholar Rock is banking on the approval of apitegromab and estimates a greater than $2 billion market opportunity for the drug.—
Sasirekha Subramanian,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Angels lost, 7-6, to the Colorado Rockies on Friday night, falling to a team that for much of the year was on pace to break record for futility set by the Chicago White Sox last season.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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There has been a massive hotel boom as of late, with new properties entering the scene and raising the already sky-high bar set by icons like Claridge’s and The Savoy.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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All rights reserved The Los Angeles Chargers, not the Denver Broncos, have emerged as the primary challenger to the Kansas City Chiefs’ nine-year reign as AFC West champions.—
Jack Magruder,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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In one shot, for instance, suspended clothing forms a plush, colorful backdrop for the family members at dinnertime, where the five of them smile from behind a dining table that boasts six settings—one reserved for the unseen Holton.—
Qian Julie Wang,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Coffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffer. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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