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City Council must work with the City Attorney’s Office to aggressively combat line items that do not benefit District 2 residents.—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 In today’s environment, geopolitical risk doesn’t sit above the line item.—Catherine Nekavand, Footwear News, 7 May 2026 Reviewing and deleting unnecessary spending via the line item veto or outright rejection for that particular spending program.—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026 Those categories represent nearly 70% of 2025 revenue, with the new media deals set to boost that line item on the income statement.—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for line item