as in purse
a container for carrying money and small personal items
she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook
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Npr Staff, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
Hitting home American consumers aren’t facing the gas and food shortages or power outages other countries are seeing from the war, but they will be hit in the pocketbook.
—Aya S. Chacar, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
The mayor said the Council’s estimated $2 billion in vacancy reductions, referring to unfilled positions in the city’s workforce, would strain the city’s pocketbook to the point where cuts would be necessary.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
The survey points to broader unease beyond pocketbook issues.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
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Now, a host of other unexpected shortages and price spikes are starting to pop up, which stand to affect people's lives and pocketbooks.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
Hitting home American consumers aren’t facing the gas and food shortages or power outages other countries are seeing from the war, but they will be hit in the pocketbook.
—Aya S. Chacar, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
The mayor said the Council’s estimated $2 billion in vacancy reductions, referring to unfilled positions in the city’s workforce, would strain the city’s pocketbook to the point where cuts would be necessary.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
The survey points to broader unease beyond pocketbook issues.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
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