line item
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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
Counter-unmanned-aircraft systems, or counter-UAS, have quietly migrated from a line item in defense budgets to a standalone strategic imperative.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
The cost of college in particular shot up, which helped make student debt a ballooning line item on millennials’ balance sheets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
To calculate it yourself, start with a financial report line item called cash from operations, and then fully subtract capex.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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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