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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

Who cares what happens to the Danes’ precious briefcase?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

He says he remembers one of the men was holding a briefcase.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

That usually happened when they got unlucky and a high-value briefcase was revealed early.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

A man in a green khaki suit, carrying a scuffed briefcase, stared at them for a minute before he let himself into the house next door.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

If not many high-value briefcases were revealed then that was good for the player.

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

A group of ClockWatchers—half of them women, and half of them men—all in matching blue suits, raised brown leather briefcases in an affirmative salute.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles


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