briefcase
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Prior to the 2000s, when the Fed communicated much less about the potential path of rates, investors resorted to extreme measures such as assessing the size of Alan Greenspan’s briefcase when he entered meetings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
He says he remembers one of the men was holding a briefcase.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 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
And we’re all like, “He has a briefcase with him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
A special briefcase with all of Kennedy’s medications was packed and ready.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
It’s time to put down the orange slices, stop singing “Country Roads” and send in the electric guitars with briefcases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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
At this time of day it was thronged with men pulling on their gowns for dinner, or hurrying to leave papers or briefcases in the common room before moving into the hall.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
