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Anne Hathaway has been seen carrying a vintage Metropolitan briefcase on the set of The Devil Wears Prada 2.
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Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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“Briefcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/briefcase. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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briefcase
noun
brief·case
ˈbrēf-ˌkās 
: a flat case for carrying papers or books
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