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item

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


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He’s never bought an item of clothing over fifty dollars.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Now thousands of the 12,000-plus locations in the U.S. serve the most iconic item from their Japanese counterparts: an egg salad sandwich with Kewpie mayonnaise on milk bread.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The line item “other income”, referring to gains in equity investments in other companies, popped up again and again in recent earnings reports.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The most expensive item is Monroe's gold-toned 1950s cylindrical minaudiere purse carrying her tiny hair comb, a tube of lipstick, eight Philip Morris cigarettes and 1940s dimes.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Even more perplexingly, only a single item of jewelry had been taken each time.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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