: a portable case designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles
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She packed her suitcases the night before she left.
it'll be much easier to carry a backpack than to lug that suitcase all over the place
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Traveling with a suitcase full of microphones and a film production-quality sound recorder, Blumberg recorded all across Europe in order to complete the sometimes intimate, sometimes strident, but always emotional music that accompanies the Brady Corbet film.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
The hardside suitcases are still in full stock, but at only $50 for the set, a deal this good is bound to sell out soon.
—Kelsey Fredricks, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025
From the banks of the Potomac, search helicopters were seen probing the water with searchlights as fire boats made trips back and forth through the icy Potomac, transporting what appeared to be debris from the crash, including suitcases.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
She was previously arrested at JFK airport in New York in 2021 with 3 kgs of cocaine in her suitcase while traveling from the Dominican Republic.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
The hardside suitcases are still in full stock, but at only $50 for the set, a deal this good is bound to sell out soon.
—Kelsey Fredricks, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025
From the banks of the Potomac, search helicopters were seen probing the water with searchlights as fire boats made trips back and forth through the icy Potomac, transporting what appeared to be debris from the crash, including suitcases.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
She was previously arrested at JFK airport in New York in 2021 with 3 kgs of cocaine in her suitcase while traveling from the Dominican Republic.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Suitcase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suitcase. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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suitcase
noun
suit·case
ˈsüt-ˌkās 
: a portable case designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles
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