pocketbook

All of it, unfortunately, has been passed down to your pocketbook in one form or another.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Curtis Carmichael III, 35, said he votes with his pocketbook and has backed candidates from both parties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Yet domestic pocketbook issues for many U.S. households remain front-and-center as 2026 kicks off on Wall Street.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 4, 2026

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

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025

Eleanor took hold of her pocketbook, and the little lady stood very still and thought.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

“With ⁠a resurgence in fuel prices and trade tensions, consumers anticipate greater pressures on their pocketbooks to come,” Joanne ⁠Hsu, the director of the Surveys of Consumers, said.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

When the price of diesel rises, it doesn’t show up immediately in consumers’ pocketbooks, Chowdhury said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

So the impact of the debt "finds its way to the pocketbooks of people one way or another," says MacGuineas.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

People also have more dollars to spend than in the past, so gasoline takes a smaller bite out of their pocketbooks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

A small cluster of older ladies clutching pocketbooks, their hair carefully coiffed, probably on a shopping expedition from some province or suburb, smile and coo when he tinkles the opening of “Moonlight Serenade.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline