as in suitcases
a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles
with their humble belongings tucked into wallets of simple cloth, the pilgrims began their journey to one of Christendom's holiest shrines
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Recent Examples of wallets
Or another extreme swing of the pendulum, guided by the ultrawealthy closing and opening their wallets?
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
The new provisions, meant to fatten Americans' wallets, can also cause confusion, accountants said.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
An idea becomes a business only when people vote with their wallets.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Looking for direction Meta has opened its wallets to try and win in AI, most notably spending more than $14 billion in June to hire Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang and a handful of his top engineers and researchers and secure a stake in his startup.
—Stephen Desaulniers,julia Boorstin, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
Currently, the Bitcoin network secures wallets by means of private keys, which are long strings of random numbers and letters that are visible to their owners, but that can only be guessed by means of an impossibly long series of trial-and-error attempts.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
Shopping in the dairy section has been easier on wallets lately.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Jan. 2026
Child care costs are draining parents’ wallets and hitting their employers’ bottom lines, according to a new study published by The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Amid anxiety around inflation, tariffs and layoffs, shoppers still opened up their wallets, especially during Cyber Monday, the biggest e-commerce day of the season.
—Queenie Wong, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
The new provisions, meant to fatten Americans' wallets, can also cause confusion, accountants said.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
An idea becomes a business only when people vote with their wallets.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Looking for direction Meta has opened its wallets to try and win in AI, most notably spending more than $14 billion in June to hire Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang and a handful of his top engineers and researchers and secure a stake in his startup.
—Stephen Desaulniers,julia Boorstin, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
Currently, the Bitcoin network secures wallets by means of private keys, which are long strings of random numbers and letters that are visible to their owners, but that can only be guessed by means of an impossibly long series of trial-and-error attempts.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
Shopping in the dairy section has been easier on wallets lately.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Jan. 2026
Child care costs are draining parents’ wallets and hitting their employers’ bottom lines, according to a new study published by The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Amid anxiety around inflation, tariffs and layoffs, shoppers still opened up their wallets, especially during Cyber Monday, the biggest e-commerce day of the season.
—Queenie Wong, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wallets
suitcases
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In May 2004, police recovered three suitcases containing various body parts of a White male, per The Star-Ledger.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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This 27-inch ice scraper and snow brush tool is equipped with a durable ABS shaft (the same material that’s used in some hardside suitcases) and a supportive EVA cotton handle that can hold up against temperatures as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Wallets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wallets. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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