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briefcase

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

An armored vehicle moved it—or rather moved Ridge, who was handcuffed to a metal briefcase holding the formula—from one bank vault to another in 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 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

She tucks her iPad in her briefcase and hurries out the door.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

But sometimes the opposite happened: The offer was better than the average of the remaining briefcases and contestants still kept playing.

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

Businessmen, heads down, swinging neat thin leather briefcases.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson




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