as in purse
a container for carrying money and small personal items
she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook
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Recent Examples of pocketbook
Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
Anxiety about pocketbook issues, however, formed a recurring and persistent theme.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
Despite eye-popping upfront fees paid to top creative talent, the loss of annuity-like income from successful TV shows and movies has hit Hollywood hard in the pocketbook.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
But there's another, less noticeable, trend that's just as painful to your pocketbook even when a product's cost looks stable: shrinkflation.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
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His campaign focuses on pocketbook issues like the price of gas and groceries and says Rollins would raise taxes on small businesses.
—Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
Anxiety about pocketbook issues, however, formed a recurring and persistent theme.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
Despite eye-popping upfront fees paid to top creative talent, the loss of annuity-like income from successful TV shows and movies has hit Hollywood hard in the pocketbook.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
But there's another, less noticeable, trend that's just as painful to your pocketbook even when a product's cost looks stable: shrinkflation.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Pocketbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocketbook. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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