as in purses
a container for carrying money and small personal items
she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook
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Recent Examples of pocket books
Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Month-over-month changes in electric costs typically register at less than a cent, but that doesn’t mean consumers won’t feel it in their pocketbooks.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Tired of the team’s cost-conscious ways, vocal fans desperately hoped for a new ownership group with deep pocketbooks and a desire to win to come to their rescue.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Such suffocation is causing people and businesses to move to locations that are far more friendly to their pocketbooks and conducive to their dreams.
—John Teichert, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
One use that will be a huge educational leap forward is having personalized AI natural language tutors who can interact with any student, providing the kind of customized help that is beyond the pocketbooks of the vast majority of parents and students today.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Either path will hit the pocketbooks of millions of Californians one way or the other.
—Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Shoppers put away their pocketbooks after splurging some for the holidays.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
Americans kept their pocketbooks closed last month.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
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Costco has seen a considerable tick-up in sales after their rebuke of what was deemed an overstep, and customers have supported them with their pocketbooks.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Month-over-month changes in electric costs typically register at less than a cent, but that doesn’t mean consumers won’t feel it in their pocketbooks.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Tired of the team’s cost-conscious ways, vocal fans desperately hoped for a new ownership group with deep pocketbooks and a desire to win to come to their rescue.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Such suffocation is causing people and businesses to move to locations that are far more friendly to their pocketbooks and conducive to their dreams.
—John Teichert, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
One use that will be a huge educational leap forward is having personalized AI natural language tutors who can interact with any student, providing the kind of customized help that is beyond the pocketbooks of the vast majority of parents and students today.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Either path will hit the pocketbooks of millions of Californians one way or the other.
—Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Shoppers put away their pocketbooks after splurging some for the holidays.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
Americans kept their pocketbooks closed last month.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Pocket books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocket%20books. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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