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How to use the word coffers in a Sentence?

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New York has always been the critical, strategic and much-anticipated component of any U.S. online gambling agenda, and it represents one of the top three states in terms of economic potential, its no surprise that this is moving on the back of budget deficits in states like New York, and I think its a great way of bringing tax dollars from offshore operations to the city and state coffers.

Yaniv Sherman

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Relieving sanctions on entities active in funding Irans revolutionary foreign policy, especially under the auspices of trying to claw back a fatally flawed deal that added to Tehrans coffers, would be the definition of a self-imposed strategic setback.

Behnam Ben Taleblu

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

For years, Wayne LaPierre and Wayne LaPierre lieutenants skirted the law and pocketed millions from National Rifle Association coffers to fund lavish lifestyles that included private jets, pricey vacations, expensive meals, and no-show contracts, mr. LaPierre's reimbursement of just a fraction of the millions Wayne LaPierre personally profited from indicates how The NRA went unchecked under Wayne LaPierre leadership. There is no question that the rot runs deep, which is why our lawsuit will continue. We will not stop fighting until justice is served.

Letitia James

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Both fund and ETF investors padded the coffers of taxable and tax-exempt bond funds, investing net new money in longer-dated issues.

Tom Roseen

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

They were selective, however, padding the coffers of Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 with plus-$2.6 billion and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF with plus-$1.7 billion, while being net redeemers of SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust with $1.8 billion of cash withdrawals.

Tom Roseen

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Because there's no money left in the government coffers, the cathedral is falling into disrepair.

Alain Robert

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It will be a lot of money coming into the coffers of the United States of America. A lot of money coming in.

Larry Kudlow

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I’ll give some speeches, just to replenish the ol’ coffers.

Former President George W. Bush

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

This should tell you all you need to know about Cooper and Senate Democrats’ motives, they aren’t interested in moving past this issue or protecting the privacy and safety of North Carolina families. They’re brass-knuckled politicians who want to wage a nasty culture war with divisive issues, so they can keep filling their campaign coffers with cash from fringe liberal activists.

Phil Berger

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

This was the largest positive weekly net inflow of the year coming in at over twice that of the $16.6 billion net inflow for the fund-flows week ended January 27, 2016, of note, equity funds broke a 10-week streak of net outflows by taking in $7.8 billion in net new money and municipal bond funds recorded their 41st straight week of inflows as they grew their coffers by $1.2 billion.

Pat Keon

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

That's an increasing amount of crude that can't be sold to directly fill government coffers.

Roderick Bruce

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We're ageing and getting older and the shortage of qualified workers is gigantic; our state coffers won't be able to cope without immigration.

Gerd Ellinghaus

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Despite the turmoil in China, equities continued the trend we’ve seen for most of 2015 for mutual funds, non-domestic equity funds took in net new money for the week, while domestic equity funds saw money leave their coffers.

Pat Keon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Name recognition is so important on the donor side, i can't help but believe that her coffers are going to expand.

Larry Sonsini

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For this ambitious plan, the idea is to finance at least 50 percent by our own coffers, by the Ethiopian government, and the rest from different sources.

Azeb Asnake

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We’re dealing with this highly prevalent and almost completely preventable disease that’s taxing public coffers.

Burton Edelstein

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

That's fewer dollars I have in the coffers to invest and grow my businesses.

Kurt Summers

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He was my friend, faithful, and just to me, but Brutus says, he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious. When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept. Ambition should me made of sterner stuff, yet Brutus says, he was ambitious and Brutus is an honorable man.

William Shakespeare

added by acronimous
14 years ago

RICHER THAN GOLDYou may have tangible wealth untoldCaskets of jewels and coffers of gold.Richer than I you can never be --I had a mother who read to me.

Strickland Gillilan

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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