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as in pocket
coffers plural
available money
let me see what's in the household coffers and I'll get back to you about making a donation
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as in to deposit
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Recent Examples of coffer
Alan Wooten, The Washington Examiner, 12 May 2025
My guess is there is a strong probability of getting that state money back in state coffers.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Tyler Cowen, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The deal excludes mineral resources that are already funding the Ukrainian government coffers, so excludes existing operations of Naftogaz or Ukrnafta, Ukraine's largest gas and oil producers.
—John Feng, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The calculation for state coffers is 18% of the gross wagering revenue.
—Alan Wooten, The Washington Examiner, 12 May 2025
My guess is there is a strong probability of getting that state money back in state coffers.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Verb
The $5 million, in contrast, would be deposited in government coffers immediately.
—Tyler Cowen, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
The deal excludes mineral resources that are already funding the Ukrainian government coffers, so excludes existing operations of Naftogaz or Ukrnafta, Ukraine's largest gas and oil producers.
—John Feng, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffer
Noun
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The 17-year-old has already collected two gold medals at this year’s World Cup circuit, one on vault and another on floor exercise.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The fact that neither could get off the floor was another negative; Queen’s 23-inch no-step vertical was the worst at the combine, and Broome’s 24 1/2-inch vault was not much better.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Noun
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That said, listing agent Eric Moreland notes the walled, 1.24-acre parcel is a rare pocket of private breathing-room—hard to come by in Tarrytown and harder still across Austin.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Shortwaves are pockets of energy that move east, generally at speeds between 20 mph and 35 mph.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
Verb
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He was observed by the FBI on or around May 1 depositing an item at the specified location.—
Elizabeth Pritchett,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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These were recovered from some 75 wells drilled back in the early 1980s to depths 8,000 feet beneath Osceola and Mecosta counties, a sparsely populated swath of central Michigan, into a layer of rock rich in minerals deposited by an ocean that evaporated millions of years ago.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Buffs have been made to various maps in terms of monster density, chests, number of rare and magic monsters, essences, strongboxes, shrines and all of this is without specific Waystone or Tower modifiers.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Another artifact reflecting the sharp divides between rich and poor is an elaborate 800-pound steel strongbox that would have been used to store money—a great deal of it—in the home.—
Teresa Nowakowski,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Nov. 2023
Noun
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The fund has a 30-day SEC yield of 4.22% and a 0.04% net expense ratio.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
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That means people who are paid from the UI fund and eventually paid by an employer – as happens in teacher strikes – could result in an overpayment that the state can recoup.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
24 May 2025
Verb
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With this move, Campbell is banking on his assessment of his former linebacker paying off in a major way.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The decision to move into the consumer desktop space might seem odd, given the decline of desktop computing in recent years, but Gigabyte is banking on one major factor: AI.—
Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
Verb
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The third was set by the intersection of Base Line and Aplin streets and went on to become the Line fire.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Capital One must maintain an interest rate at least double the national average for savings accounts set by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for this group.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Copyright © 2025, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. All rights reserved.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
28 May 2025
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When finished, five towers will rise in northern Riyadh, three reserved for hotels: the Waldorf Astoria, Canopy and and Conrad.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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“Coffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffer. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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