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briefcase

[breef-kays] / ˈbrifˌkeɪs /
NOUN
carrier for work papers
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I came across a briefcase I hadn’t opened in I don’t know how long.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Whitehouse added: "Bye bye Ted old friend. He wasn't a dog; he was a species all of his own. He's gone to the great briefcase emporium in the sky. We will really miss you mate."

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

An armored vehicle moved it—or rather moved Ridge, who was handcuffed to a metal briefcase holding the formula—from one bank vault to another in 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 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

From now on, wherever he went, he’d be closely trailed by a military aide carrying a forty-five-pound briefcase containing launch authentication codes and sophisticated communications devices, often referred to as the nuclear football.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

We would hop into flying “aero sedans” that folded into briefcases and take holidays on an asteroid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

He opened briefcases and huge chests with bundles of cash.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

There’s a moment in the movie where you have one of those metal briefcases and you start banging it against the wall over and over until it finally breaks open.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

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

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

The guards did not normally check employees’ briefcases.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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