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If the proposals are approved, Johnson has the authority to veto either the purpose, the amount or the entire line item listed in any amendments approved by the Common Council.
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Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Get ready for a day when your car’s technology expenses are another line item on the credit-card statement, right next to the Netflix subscription.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
After Proposition 13 passed in 1978, one of the line items that disappeared from the city’s budget was routine maintenance of sewer lines, resulting in far too many situations such as ours.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Although management delivered on the most important line items, shares of the natural gas turbine manufacturer still tumbled amid weakness in speculative areas of the energy trade.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
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Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Get ready for a day when your car’s technology expenses are another line item on the credit-card statement, right next to the Netflix subscription.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
After Proposition 13 passed in 1978, one of the line items that disappeared from the city’s budget was routine maintenance of sewer lines, resulting in far too many situations such as ours.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Although management delivered on the most important line items, shares of the natural gas turbine manufacturer still tumbled amid weakness in speculative areas of the energy trade.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Line item.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20item. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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