pocketed

past tense of pocket
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pocketed The actress alleged that her mother had taken control of her finances and lied about how much she was being paid for a film and pocketed the difference. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Paxton allegedly found a Montblanc pen, which cost in the ballpark of $1,000, and pocketed it. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2026 Workday — Shares were last down more than 3% as traders pocketed gains. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 Investors borrowed cheaply in yen, bought higher-yielding assets elsewhere and pocketed the spread. — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The purse has not been announced for this year, but last year teams that won just one match in mixed doubles but lost in the second round made $100,000, meaning the individual players pocketed $50,000 each after just a few hours on the court. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Mills pocketed as much as £750,000 in the 12 months to the end of March 2026. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 July 2026 Oligarchs pocketed the petrodollars of the late-aughts oil boom and left the nation somehow poorer and more indebted. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 Doyle allegedly pocketed most of the proceeds while feeding Matthiesen a string of false explanations about why payment had never arrived. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocketed
Verb
  • While Odebunmi was producing for Cleveland, the Cavaliers largely stifled Birmingham’s top offensive threat, wide receiver Paul Turner.
    — Joel Beers, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The Falcons dominated the second half with their offense, and the defense stifled the Packers and quarterback Jordan Love.
    — Rod Beard, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • While the 28-year-old hit 19 homers and stole 41 bases, his 98 wRC+ ranked 14th among qualified second basemen.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Someone stole the entrance sign at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula during the weekend, and park officials are asking for its return.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The paperwork is handled well, the farewell party is arranged, gifts are presented and everyone assumes that whatever needed to be passed to the next person has already been passed.
    — Vikas Arora, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The student who spoke with campus police criticized how the department handled the matter.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The squishy toys contain water beads that expand when wet, including if swallowed.
    — Eva Flowe October 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In one image, a forlorn man appears as if swallowed by a tangle of trunks and roots.
    — Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Two days later, Reese swiped at the ball in Clark’s hands after Clark was fouled, prompting the longtime rivals to exchange words.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • And Hawaii is enduring hurricane fatigue after Lala, Lowell and Nolo all swiped by the island chain with heavy rain and strong winds.
    — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In January, its investigators reported finding more than 100 hallucinated citations in papers accepted at NeurIPS, one of the world’s top AI research conferences, as Fortune first reported.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Walk-ups to the center will be accepted and the facility has storage available for personal belongings if needed.
    — Allison Gibson, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Some of the footage was played during a dayslong suppression hearing last December, when the defense argued evidence recovered during the arrest should be suppressed because Mangione’s backpack was improperly searched.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The video included much of what was played during a three-week evidentiary hearing when defense attorneys argued the evidence should be suppressed.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The average active operational exit horizon for VC and private equity firms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) stood at six years in 2025, reflecting a maturing market that requires more patient capital.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
  • As the train horn blew for the fourth time in Saturday’s KC Current home game at CPKC Stadium, Debinha stood alone in the penalty area of Bay FC.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Pocketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocketed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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