deep pockets
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of deep pockets
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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When Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017, it brought its deep pockets and vast delivery infrastructure to the business—though it still hasn’t increased its market share of the grocery industry to more than 4%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
SpaceX will need to find someone with deep pockets to finance Musk’s vision.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026
It’s the kind of effort you’d think only a public institution with exceptionally deep pockets could pull off, and is the more impressive considering that the Kaplans began acquiring only in 2003.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
The US has deep pockets, but Greenland is not for sale according to both Nuuk and Copenhagen.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
His eyes were deep pockets of sorrow, sunken, dark.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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