Thesaurus results for BRIEFCASE

briefcase

noun

Definition of briefcase

as in attaché

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Recent Examples of briefcase Wayne picks Gregory up at a motel, in Mobile, Alabama, and hands him a briefcase containing, among other things, a gun. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 Everyone has the late-night parking garage and the briefcase full of cash in their pocket. — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Koko shows me into his house, where his two friendly cats climb all over a dining room table covered in hard-shell Pelican cases — think a boxy briefcase made of industrial plastic — crammed with electrical gear. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026 Videos showed the participants packed into a park, including one dressed as a sheikh with a briefcase full of Brazilian reais. — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for briefcase

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Noun

But in Vienna, Pollak kept a mistress, and Milena had to take a job porting valises at the train station just to make ends meet.

— Christine Estima September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
That a kindly bellhop from The Balmoral, our hotel adjacent to the station, loaded our valises off a trolley cart did little to rein in these trappings.

— Ross Kenneth Urken, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024

Definition of valise

Noun

One former businessman carried a two-dollar bill in his wallet as a good-luck charm to attract prosperity and wealth.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
When Harry boosts a USB crypto wallet from a brazen young criminal and spoiled rich kid, Dylan (Will Price), Ben has no idea what to do with it—plugging it into his circa-1995 desktop personal computer sends the machine into a tailspin.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of wallet

Noun

Part of Sotheby’s Collectors’ Week, which debuted last year, the upcoming second edition returns with categories including cars, jewelry, watches, high-performance bicycles and handbags to hit the hammer on December 9.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The roughly 2,000-square-foot store carries women’s ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes and accessories from names including Alaïa, Bottega Veneta, Celine, Chloé, Khaite and Loewe.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of handbag

Noun

As a bonus, the carryall plays nice with getups both casual and fancy despite being a statement maker in its own right.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
The executive charged his design team with creating the capacious, handcrafted leather carryall that would bear her name, and the first prototype was completed later that year.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of carryall

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