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So her Sonic Youth T-shirt and Spin T-shirt and her Strand Adrian Tomine tote bag and her little briefcase thing, that’s my stuff.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
There are multiple scenes of him as a younger man walking briskly on city streets, briefcase tucked under an arm – purposeful, directed, not idling or taking in the ambiance around him.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
In the truck, investigators found a briefcase reportedly containing a notebook with all of Reyes’s passwords and usernames.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
The 1920s briefcase is wide open, arm scraping across the table, shoveling it into the briefcase.
—Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
There are multiple scenes of him as a younger man walking briskly on city streets, briefcase tucked under an arm – purposeful, directed, not idling or taking in the ambiance around him.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
In the truck, investigators found a briefcase reportedly containing a notebook with all of Reyes’s passwords and usernames.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
The 1920s briefcase is wide open, arm scraping across the table, shoveling it into the briefcase.
—Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Briefcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/briefcase. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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briefcase
noun
brief·case
ˈbrēf-ˌkās 
: a flat case for carrying papers or books
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