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briefcase

[breef-keys] / ˈbrifˌkeɪs /
NOUN
carrier for work papers
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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 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

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

It’s not till I get to the very bottom that I find a loudly ticking black briefcase, a white Post-it Note on top with Quinton’s handwriting.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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