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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
Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
The health care system becomes designed to keep large hospital systems and insurance coffers full of taxpayer dollars instead of treating patients.
—Anthony Digiorgio, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2025
Those payments have created growing strain on county coffers.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Taxes on same pour $1 billion into public coffers each year.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
The health care system becomes designed to keep large hospital systems and insurance coffers full of taxpayer dollars instead of treating patients.
—Anthony Digiorgio, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
Village officials confirmed that Woodlawn Transportation Services is owned and operated by the village and that all revenue from the venture goes back to the village coffers.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2025
Those payments have created growing strain on county coffers.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffer
Noun
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If Nintendo keeps a padlock on its secrets, then Miyamoto’s mind is a bank vault.—
Chris Plante,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
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With light slanting in from a row of windows eight stories above the floor, and an immense vault above, the drill hall has a sacramental feel.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The couple turned the home into a bed-and-breakfast and welcomed generations of visitors to their little pocket of Roanoke Island for the next 30 years.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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Rural areas of the state and pockets within cities have become food deserts where the largest supermarkets choose not to enter.—
Jack Buffington,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Leonardo Fernandez Viloria | Reuters Venezuela oil revenue will no longer be deposited in an account in Qatar, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told NBC News in an interview this week.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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In other words, this could be an ideal account to deposit $10,000 into in 2026.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Excusing those two flickers of broken hegemony, the WSL’s highest echelon has been an unassailable strongbox, a figment of the rest of the table’s imagination.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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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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As well as the Soros Economic Development Fund, Delta40’s fund is supported by investors including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Dutch development bank FMO, Germany’s development agency GIZ, and the Skoll Foundation.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The fund isn’t intended to be used for routine classroom costs, like basic materials and supplies, and should be calculated to include any Medicaid reimbursements, according to the bill.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Apple should also bank a massive streaming audience for the first MLS game between Messi and Son.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The White House is banking that bigger tax refunds this spring will benefit Republicans in the fall, but some strategists and economists project that the political upside will be short-lived, Politico reports.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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When Codi receives an invitation to test the simulator’s latest build, the message turns out to be a trap set by Pinkolaf, a vengeful AI creature born inside DinoGames that has learned to manipulate real-world electronics.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Seven states appear to have failed to reach an agreement on how to split up the water from the shrinking Colorado River ahead of the deadline set by federal officials.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Tokyo — In scenes normally reserved for J-pop stars, thousands of fans huddle against the cold outside a small train station on the outskirts of Tokyo, their phones held high for a glimpse of Japan’s latest obsession.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Whitwam explains that Catalina mule deer hunting was traditionally reserved for island residents and their guests, or hunters who were willing to book with a local guide.—
Kris Millgate,
Outdoor Life,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Coffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffer. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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