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item

[ahy-tuhm, ahy-tem] / ˈaɪ təm, ˈaɪ tɛm /


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Troy Vincent, the NFL executive vice president of football operations, told reporters Wednesday at the owners meetings in New York City that sportsmanship was a discussion item.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Part of the challenge in fighting turnover is that, on a spreadsheet, nurses can look like a costly line item, said Omid Razmpour, a former ICU nurse and a researcher at Emory University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Agents noted that Navatek may have ghostwritten the technical description that accompanied this line item because “an almost identical paragraph” appeared in Hartman’s internal spreadsheets two months before the Senate report became public.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Clarkson alleged that an employee spoke to her in a condescending manner after revealing that a similar item would cost $15,000, comparing the encounter to the infamous shopping scene in “Pretty Woman.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Boaz reached into his pocket and pulled out the only item in it, the lighter.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Between following a list and understanding why the items are on it.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Some costumes sell for as little as £1.50, she said, while items still in their original packaging are often priced at about a quarter of their retail value.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

They estimated that prices for these items, which make up a much larger share of household budgets among the nonwealthy, would have fallen on average by 1% over the year without the tariffs.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Stripping out certain one-time items, earnings came in at 64 cents a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Here is a more difficult question for you: Who, exactly, put all these useful items in the trunk?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood


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