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
A bigger briefcase was seen as a sign that Greenspan was marshaling evidence for raising rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
The first thing to note is that it will be Rachel Reeves holding that briefcase for the second time on 26 November.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025
Poppet Murray stands on the front steps of la maison Lefèvre, a leather briefcase in hand and a large satchel sitting by her feet.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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
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
