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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
Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
That would significantly devalue the regular season, while lining the coffers of college football’s ruling class.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2025
Those payments have created growing strain on county coffers.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Nearly four years after Hadick joined, the crypto venture sector is stuck in another identity crisis, with deals falling and funds struggling to convince backers to refill their coffers.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
That would significantly devalue the regular season, while lining the coffers of college football’s ruling class.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
Village officials confirmed that Woodlawn Transportation Services is owned and operated by the village and that all revenue from the venture goes back to the village coffers.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2025
Those payments have created growing strain on county coffers.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffer
Noun
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The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management is building an underground vault with a park on top to improve stormwater management, enhance drainage, and reduce flooding and sewer overflow that have historically affected the area.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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The Bruins needed a strong performance on vault to claim the conference title.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The most widespread Games in history created distinct pockets of Olympic spirit separated by hours on trains and miles of winding mountain roads.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Keep your pockets open; money might come to you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
22 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Scientists believe the ridges formed when ancient groundwater circulated through fractures in the rock, depositing minerals that hardened certain zones.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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State police obtained a search warrant for Jacobson’s bank account, which allegedly showed two $5,000 checks from the NEP account were deposited in December, the warrant affidavit said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Excusing those two flickers of broken hegemony, the WSL’s highest echelon has been an unassailable strongbox, a figment of the rest of the table’s imagination.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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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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By 2033, the fund will cover only 89% of all scheduled benefits, according to the report.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026
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Ahead of each collection, Gassanoff partners with institutions like Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Culture, or Capital Culture House in Rome, to secure funds in order to spotlight and financially support the artisan communities that produce his pieces, hence the brand name.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But Tesla, which is banking much of its future on robotaxis, wants the DMV to go further.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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Michigan got within 39-35 with 15 seconds left in the third quarter on a 3-pointer by Syla Swords, but Iowa’s Kylie Feuerbach banked in a 3-pointer before the buzzer sounded.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The announcement came about an hour before a deadline set by the Pentagon, which had called on Anthropic to back down.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2026
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Winners are grouped in Large, Midsize, Small or Real Estate categories, and earn recognition if their scores exceed national standard benchmarks (set by Energage) and rank among the top tier of all the organizations surveyed.—
Glenn Hunter,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But the most ambitious combinations of food and vantage are reserved for lunches, which move daily to points along treks – the rim of a remote lake, a terrace in a quaint village house by the river, or a rooftop with panoramic views in the village of Zhong.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Pillar story alleges that Dudley spotted the bishop making late-night border crossings into Mexico, parking in a lot reserved for customers of a brothel, then boarding a shuttle exclusive to customers of the brothel.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Coffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffer. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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