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This luxe-looking purse performs the duties of a handbag and briefcase all at once, and does it in style.
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Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
According to insiders, their large table ordered the famed $1,000 Wagyu tomahawk that arrives in a gold briefcase amid much fanfare.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
People were streaming toward the tram stop, some with packages under their arms, some with baskets, still others with briefcases.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Inside my briefcase was a fat folder that contained all my material takeoffs, the bids from subs, and a dot-matrix printout of a basic spreadsheet showing all of the costs, along with the total cost.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
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Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
According to insiders, their large table ordered the famed $1,000 Wagyu tomahawk that arrives in a gold briefcase amid much fanfare.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
People were streaming toward the tram stop, some with packages under their arms, some with baskets, still others with briefcases.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Inside my briefcase was a fat folder that contained all my material takeoffs, the bids from subs, and a dot-matrix printout of a basic spreadsheet showing all of the costs, along with the total cost.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Briefcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/briefcase. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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briefcase
noun
brief·case
ˈbrēf-ˌkās 
: a flat case for carrying papers or books
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