coffers

Example Sentences

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To reach $1.8 trillion, every single one would have to be stealing nearly $35,000 a year from government coffers.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Since last year, when the RSF overran parts of Darfur and Kordofan, the militia has commandeered the gum trade, integrating it into its smuggling empire and further starving government coffers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Nvidia isn’t hurting for money, as evidenced by the world’s largest companies continuing to empty their own coffers on AI infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Raising money is almost as important as investing it in the alternative asset business, and Apollo’s coffers swelled in the March quarter.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Which cause do you think the members of Congress.will open up the coffers for?

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt