coffers
Example Sentences
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One of the shorter-term challenges to refilling the coffers is the transit time for ocean-faring vessels to sail from the Middle East to customers around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
If you are withholding too much money, it makes sense to reduce that amount so you put that money in your back pocket in lieu of having it languish in IRS coffers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Those qualifications brought many millions of pounds into the coffers of the Scottish FA.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
This year’s tournament is projected to swell FIFA’s coffers by nearly $9 billion and the TV ratings, it says, will be massive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Geels emptied the Black Tips’ coffers paying useless bribes.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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