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
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
With the city’s pocketbooks faring no better now, officials have begun talking about making another pitch to Yuba City and Sutter County residents for a tax that could prove a windfall relative to the city’s flat revenue streams of late.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Many had to raise prices just as customers tightened their pocketbooks.
—C. A. Bridges, Oklahoman, 5 Feb. 2026
This upfront investment will reduce the risk to New Yorkers’ lives and pocketbooks.
—Amy Chester, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
This growing group of renegade traders maintain that core truths emerge only after thousands of people express their opinions with their pocketbooks.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Jan. 2026
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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
With the city’s pocketbooks faring no better now, officials have begun talking about making another pitch to Yuba City and Sutter County residents for a tax that could prove a windfall relative to the city’s flat revenue streams of late.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Many had to raise prices just as customers tightened their pocketbooks.
—C. A. Bridges, Oklahoman, 5 Feb. 2026
This upfront investment will reduce the risk to New Yorkers’ lives and pocketbooks.
—Amy Chester, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
This growing group of renegade traders maintain that core truths emerge only after thousands of people express their opinions with their pocketbooks.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Jan. 2026
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