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Recent Examples of coffer
Noun
Who is broadcasting the Club World Cup? DAZN secured the rights to all 63 games by pouring $1bn into FIFA’s coffers and will stream each match live and in multiple languages. Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 Tax cuts mean lower revenue, while increased spending on defense means more money flows out of government coffers. Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 23 May 2025
Verb
Aramco’s dividend, the highest in the world, has played a key role in beefing up Saudi Arabia’s state coffers. Natasha Turak, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025 The $5 million, in contrast, would be deposited in government coffers immediately. Tyler Cowen, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coffer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffer
Noun
  • Tyce Porcher, Pole vault, King’s Academy junior: Fifth at 2A meet with 4.05m jump; set PR and school record in winning regional meet (4.20m) after returning from injury; also went to state in wrestling and placed in state weightlifting competition.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
  • Fire crews found fire in the electric vault in the basement of the library, according to the Hartford Fire Department.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • What people have not always had is either the awareness or deep enough pockets, which means FIFA should reduce prices and fill these stadiums.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • The pull-on pants feature a comfy elastic waistband and functional front and back pockets.
    Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Bowden-Renna said some of the historic deposits found within SDG&E’s 4,100-square-mile service territory, including San Diego County, southern Orange County and a portion of Imperial Valley, were deposited by the Luiseno and Kumeyaay tribes.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • The bill would deposit $300 million in the state’s film incentive fund every two years for the next decade, adding up to $1.5 billion total.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Burnley have never been a big spending club in the past, but that changed two years ago when their manager at the time, Vincent Kompany, was given substantial funds to upgrade his Championship-winning squad ahead of the club’s return to the Premier League.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 17 June 2025
  • Earlier this year, Youngkin proposed a three-year rebate program for the tax, but Democrats in the General Assembly blocked it, citing concerns over the potential impact of the Trump administration on Virginia as a reason the state shouldn't commit the funds.
    Margaret Barthel, NPR, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • However, Horvath adds that the modular approach IBM is banking on to get there could prove challenging.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 10 June 2025
  • That’s why Cuisinart Outdoors is banking on multifunctionality and sleek design to keep its edge.
    Tim Clark, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • The Catalans are on the verge of finally completing the capture of Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia, who has been bought by activating a $28.8 million (€25 million) release clause set by their crosstown rivals.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • As impressive as Hipparcos was, Gaia shattered the records set by its precursor—although not without challenges, such as precision-threatening sprays of stray light that leaked around the edges of the spacecraft’s sun shield and through a hole punched by an errant micrometeoroid.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Rio Rockwell is 50 single-family homes and 54 townhomes, including 11 units reserved for low-income residents, in northeastern Oceanside near the San Luis Rey River.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • For decades, plum gigs at the top of corporations were mostly reserved for men with the right pedigrees and connections.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 June 2025

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“Coffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffer. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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