coffer

Example Sentences

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Yiu is the best-funded candidate in the race, with more than $1 million in her coffer — much of which came from her own pocket, according to California secretary of state records.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

They erected a temporary wooden coffer dam in 1907 at the lake’s mouth, raising the water by 10 feet — just enough to make the existing road unusable.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Biden now has $9 million cash on hand, a fraction of the $33.7 million that Sen. Bernie Sanders has or the $25.7 million that is in Elizabeth Warren’s coffer.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2019

So, for me, this method is the way that I can create a linear, concise logic tool expression out of that overflowing coffer of data, this musical data, conceptual data, compositional data.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2017

For one thing, every day, the perimeters of her former estate seemed to double, as did the contents of her almari and coffer boxes.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri