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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

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

Despite several security violations over the years, including leaving a briefcase full of classified information on a subway, Ames was then sent to Mexico City in 1981.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

Stubbs mumbled to himself as he shoveled his papers into his briefcase.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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

The injury to Lee's jugular vein, though requiring extensive surgery, was not critical - but he now campaigns behind bulletproof glass, wearing a bulletproof vest, surrounded by agents carrying ballistic briefcases.

From BBC ● May 27, 2025

Packed into one of the briefcases was an even smaller one, just right for me.

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




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