as in resources
available money
the fancy sports car I wanted to buy for myself was beyond my pocket
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as in small
of a size that is less than average
a pocket dictionary
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as in financial
of or relating to money, banking, or investments
his pocket involvement in the company was minimal
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as in to stifle
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
pocketed my anger and just let the insult pass
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as in to steal
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
she casually pocketed the note from his desk to read later
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as in to stand
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
pocketed his wife's messy habits
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Recent Examples of pocket
Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Police also found a handgun in the passenger door pocket.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2025
Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
On its e-commerce site this June, Banana Republic launched the BR Vintage collection: 225 items from the company’s safari-style past, including khaki shirts, lengthy suede jackets and multi-pocket photojournalist vests.
—Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2021
Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Operating in the insurance space, Commissions for a Cause allows customers to choose where 40% of life insurance commissions—typically pocketed as profit by the sales agent—are donated.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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Noun
This pocket of land populated by llamas and flamingos and history is both closer to the heavens and deeply connected to its roots.
—Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Police also found a handgun in the passenger door pocket.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
The anti-pocket prejudice in women’s clothing runs deep.
—Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
On its e-commerce site this June, Banana Republic launched the BR Vintage collection: 225 items from the company’s safari-style past, including khaki shirts, lengthy suede jackets and multi-pocket photojournalist vests.
—Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2021
Verb
The Philadelphia Eagles running back pocketed a $250,000 bonus by helping the Eagles win their first Super Bowl title since 2018 with a 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Operating in the insurance space, Commissions for a Cause allows customers to choose where 40% of life insurance commissions—typically pocketed as profit by the sales agent—are donated.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocket
Noun
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One recent project developed navigation solutions for the West Bank, while another focused on connecting trauma survivors with healing resources.—
Hessie Jones,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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These rival entities, designed to drain their counterparts of resources and influence, would serve as platforms for grandstanding rather than substantive cooperation.—
Allison Carnegie,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Beneath that ice, the light sensors recorded an astronomically small number of photons: an upper range of 0.04 micromoles per square meter per second, a number very close to the theoretical minimum amount of light that photosynthesis can run on.—
Asher Elbein,
WIRED,
2 Mar. 2025
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Despite being a very small heavyweight at 210 pounds, sophomore Daniel Moylan, took third at 285.—
Kevin J. Farmer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Good governance requires balancing legal mandates with financial sustainability.—
Andrea Barton Reeves,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Chiefs will try to sign Smith to a longer, cap-friendly deal, but the one-year franchise tag would cost $23.4 million, giving them a very expensive offensive line that would take up much of their financial pie.—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Employees are empowered to be agile and engaged, which fosters the kind of unique contributions that might be stifled in traditional hierarchies.—
Patrick Donegan,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Greatly reducing the overhead funding universities need to produce these discoveries will stifle the innovation America relies on to remain competitive and to ensure progress.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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While the competitive spirt was certainly alive and well between co-parents Tarek, Heather and Christina throughout the season, another personal crisis unexpectedly stole the show: Christina's split from Josh.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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While its interior artfully blends mid-century aesthetics with a modern Scandinavian feel, the food and beverage program truly steals the spotlight.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Because of the shortfall, the global backlog of unfilled aircraft orders today stands at over 17,000 jets — its highest ever.—
Oliver Wyman,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Continuing claims, which run a week behind, showed a small decrease and stood at 1.86 million.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Without fair elections, an honest media environment and a credible opposition, voters can’t correct their country’s course at the ballot box, providing competitive authoritarian regimes little incentive to do anything but enrich themselves.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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In many cases, these communities had gotten little federal attention for generations, Ortiz said.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The cost of eggs, though, is getting hard to swallow.—
David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Yet they are also haunted by echoes from the past, especially from the world war that devastated their continent only 80 years ago, when leading European powers underestimated Adolf Hitler’s readiness to swallow up neighboring states by force of arms.—
Ned Temko,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Pocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocket. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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