Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for briefcases
Noun
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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
Noun
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Serving more than 94 million users, MercadoLibre drives the shift from offline to digital commerce and finance, with its fintech segment now accounting for a growing share of revenue through payments processing, credit offerings and digital wallets.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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Inside, Darwin Tirado-Sanchez, 22, sitting in the passenger seat and a 38-year-old man in the driver’s seat, were ordered at gunpoint to turn over their wallets and keys without turning around toward their robbers, prosecutors said in a court proffer of allegations.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Officers said one of the suspects held the two victims, a man and a woman, at gunpoint while the others forcibly stole two handbags.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Keep reading for other handbags, totes, and wristlets worth your attention—from $29.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Run to snag Stewart’s travel bag, and peruse more luxurious Cuyana carryalls, below.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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Are celebrities giving up roomy carryalls?—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The actor toted two holdalls in suede mint green and black padded leather by Balenciaga bags and Gucci.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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The trademarks cover dozens of products and services, including makeup, body oils, sunglasses, pens, holdalls, electric train sets, leather goods, shoes, tote bags and music, the IPO records show.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
25 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Those are just a few of the clever software-as-a-service portmanteaus being tossed around as investors debate a massive selloff in the sector that has vaporized roughly $1 trillion in valuations from recent highs, with more than $285 billion in market value wiped out in February alone.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Fierce sunlight bleaching the stones of the old city, blinding the passengers as porters in white kaffiyehs and djellabas stack their portmanteaus on donkey carts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Briefcases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/briefcases. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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