as in bag
a container for carrying money and small personal items
I left my purse at home, so I can't buy anything after all
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Recent Examples of purse
The jury also heard about how Tex sold Diane's expensive clothes, shoes, hats, purses, and furs in an estate sale a little more than two months after her death and then a month after that, auctioned off her jewelry to the highest bidder.
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Lauren A. White, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Umbrellas should expand to protect the user’s entire body from various weather conditions while still being small enough to pack in a purse or carry-on.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
The total purse this week is $4 million and the tournament shifted to stroke play.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
These may range from purses to pieces of jewelry to winter coats and beyond.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 2 Apr. 2026
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Lauren A. White, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Umbrellas should expand to protect the user’s entire body from various weather conditions while still being small enough to pack in a purse or carry-on.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
The total purse this week is $4 million and the tournament shifted to stroke play.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
These may range from purses to pieces of jewelry to winter coats and beyond.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purse
Noun
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Some of the victims had been wearing backpacks equipped with airbags that can help keep people on the surface of an avalanche, but had not pulled the cords to deploy the bags, the report said.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, supreme commander of the Luftwaffe, Hitler’s second in command, and the highest-ranking surviving Nazi leader, steps out of the car, stands at attention to announce his surrender, and orders the soldiers to carry his bags.—
Alice Kaplan,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If seed phrases for crypto wallets are exposed, attackers could drain funds permanently.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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But another result, according to experts and projections from government officials, figures to touch wallets.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Purse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purse. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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