line item
Americannoun
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It may well get cold feet and remove the line item before the bill makes it to a vote.
From Slate • May 9, 2026
Instead, they record each investment as a single line item at fair market value.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Counter-unmanned-aircraft systems have quietly migrated from a line item in defense budgets to a standalone strategic imperative.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
“Memory is a meaningful line item in capex, ” said Ruben Dalfovo, investment strategist at Saxo Bank.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
How many people were actually listening to what he was going to say, or were they there for the experi- ence and another line item on a resume?
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
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