purse

Example Sentences

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A cancer-patient assistance program called Verna’s Purse helped hold storage costs to a few hundred dollars a year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The aid would be distributed through Catholic Relief Services and Samaritan's Purse, an evangelical Protestant charity, and not handed over directly to the Cuban government, he said.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

The level of funding is decided by the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the Keeper of the Privy Purse, currently James Chalmers, who is appointed by the sovereign to be responsible for the monarch's finances.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Some are missionary groups such as United Bible Societies, whose primary activity globally is translating and distributing bibles, and Samaritan’s Purse, a U.S.-based evangelical group that provides medical care and other emergency services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Look to the blowing Rose about us—�Lo, Laughing,� she says, �into the world I blow, At once the silken tassel of my Purse Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw.�

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar