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briefcase

[breef-keys] / ˈbrifˌkeɪs /
NOUN
carrier for work papers
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Who cares what happens to the Danes’ precious briefcase?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

A bigger briefcase was seen as a sign that Greenspan was marshaling evidence for raising rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

He also did not mention that three men had visited their hotel room that night, one holding a briefcase, and spent an hour there before they helped the prophet load bags into his car.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

He carried a script he was writing in a slim briefcase, which he’d shuttle back and forth from the brand-new Starbucks down the street.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025

Poppet clears a space on the desk to put the briefcase down, moving books and antlers and carved jade turtles.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

But sometimes the opposite happened: The offer was better than the average of the remaining briefcases and contestants still kept playing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

He opened briefcases and huge chests with bundles of cash.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

By now employees with briefcases, obviously managers, had arrived for the day, and her excuses were wearing thin.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

At a recent rally, he was escorted to the podium by close protection officers, ready to shield him with their ballistic briefcases.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025

On one visit my father brought us gifts of child-size briefcases.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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