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 pocketbooks
Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
As the story makes clear, data centers in our communities have real impacts on our health, our pocketbooks and our quality of life.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
And California’s public universities would probably cry about their revenue streams having to rely on unpredictable corporate profits rather than the pocketbooks of students’ parents.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
In this special episode on the SXSW Keynote stage, Vivian will interview Governor Gavin Newsom about why politics matters for our pocketbooks.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
Trump argued that the attack’s effect on oil markets, which reopen tonight, would likely be less disruptive for American pocketbooks than some analysts had predicted, given the early success of the operation.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
Technology doesn’t need to destroy our planet and empty our pocketbooks.
—Ramesh Srinivasan, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
The fine print — not the political noise — will determine what Californians actually feel in their pocketbooks and weekly paychecks.
—James Ward, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
But many hands, and pocketbooks, help with that load.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
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Soaring gas prices are now starting to hit the pocketbooks of drivers.
—Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
As the story makes clear, data centers in our communities have real impacts on our health, our pocketbooks and our quality of life.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
And California’s public universities would probably cry about their revenue streams having to rely on unpredictable corporate profits rather than the pocketbooks of students’ parents.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
In this special episode on the SXSW Keynote stage, Vivian will interview Governor Gavin Newsom about why politics matters for our pocketbooks.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
Trump argued that the attack’s effect on oil markets, which reopen tonight, would likely be less disruptive for American pocketbooks than some analysts had predicted, given the early success of the operation.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
Technology doesn’t need to destroy our planet and empty our pocketbooks.
—Ramesh Srinivasan, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
The fine print — not the political noise — will determine what Californians actually feel in their pocketbooks and weekly paychecks.
—James Ward, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
But many hands, and pocketbooks, help with that load.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
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