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plural of pocketbook
as in purses
a container for carrying money and small personal items she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook

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noun (2)

plural of pocket book

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Such suffocation is causing people and businesses to move to locations that are far more friendly to their pocketbooks and conducive to their dreams. John Teichert, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025 One use that will be a huge educational leap forward is having personalized AI natural language tutors who can interact with any student, providing the kind of customized help that is beyond the pocketbooks of the vast majority of parents and students today. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025 Shoppers put away their pocketbooks after splurging some for the holidays. Evan Clark, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025 Americans kept their pocketbooks closed last month. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025 Gasoline One place Americans have seen a bit of relief on their pocketbooks? Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025 Where reciprocal tariffs could hit Americans’ pocketbooks hardest Unsurprisingly, the tighter the profit margin, the likelier a company is to pass on extra costs to consumers. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025 Either path will hit the pocketbooks of millions of Californians one way or the other. Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025 Shoppers are already expecting tariffs to hit their pocketbooks. Melissa Repko,gabrielle Fonrouge,michael Wayland,amelia Lucas, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Pocketbooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocketbooks. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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