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Recent Examples of pocket money
Society insisted that women were the dependents of men, and working women were conveniently imagined as wives and daughters earning pocket money to purchase lace doilies for their dressing tables.
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Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The store was its own theatre: overflowing displays of hair clips and necklaces that could turn pocket money into possibility.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
My own first summer job as a kid in search of after-school pocket money was picking cigar tobacco on a Connecticut farm just north of Hartford.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Having your full income as pocket money is not a good life lesson at all.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
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Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The store was its own theatre: overflowing displays of hair clips and necklaces that could turn pocket money into possibility.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
My own first summer job as a kid in search of after-school pocket money was picking cigar tobacco on a Connecticut farm just north of Hartford.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Having your full income as pocket money is not a good life lesson at all.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pocket money
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocket money
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Officers were tasked with combating what officials said was a rise in thefts, people spending money obtained by defrauding the state’s unemployment system and quality of life issues like loud music and the smell of marijuana drifting into stores, according to a 2021 Times investigation.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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While there might be slim pickings for the average voter to head to the polls on March 17, candidates are spending money to get their messages out.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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By law, the maximum contribution directly to a city candidate’s campaign is $1,000, which looks more and more like a petty cash account compared to the unlimited donations PCs can accept.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
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She was hired as the school's bookkeeper in 2018 responsible for internal accounts, the budget, accounts payable, petty cash, purchase orders and requisitions.—
Scott Butler,
Florida Times-Union,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Pocket money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocket%20money. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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