pocketbook

Example Sentences

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America’s pocketbook and its military are both showing their limits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“As long as I am asking my neighbors to make appropriations for anything that contributes to their taxes…I don’t get anything from the state or their pocketbook to do this job,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

By the early 20th century, dictionaries of American slang show gravy drifting from the plate to the pocketbook.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

Of course, the real cost of a wedding varies wildly, depending on the location and pocketbook of the families involved.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

I dropped the compact into my pocketbook and stared out of the train window.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath