as in things
a separate part in a list, account, or series
they remembered to buy all the items on their grocery list except cereal
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Recent Examples of items
Council members authorized Dunning to bring back to them an additional proposal to dip into reserve funds to pay for a group of public safety programs, like downtown police foot patrols, police community and youth engagement efforts, overtime for training for fire department staff and other items.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
Amazon's fall sale is also a great time to start your holiday shopping before popular items start to sell out.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
New items, which won’t be new to anyone who has stepped foot inside one of California’s many taquerias, include new meats like chicken and chorizo, flour tortillas in addition to corn ones and, of course, burritos.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
New menu items will be revealed closer to the fall opening date.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
Dollar General’s Value Valley, which features a rotation of $1 items, really worked.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 June 2026
New York City tops the list with most items left behind in Ubers, followed by Miami, Chicago and San Francisco.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Each puzzle has exactly one solution, so watch out for words or items that seem to belong to multiple categories!
—Mark Cooper, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Recent selections in the seasonally rotating menu included items like Mango and Coconut Sticky Rice Danish, Chinese Sausage and Chive Biscuit, and Caramelized Croissant Snickerdoodles.
—Melissa Liebling-Goldberg, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
Amazon's fall sale is also a great time to start your holiday shopping before popular items start to sell out.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
New items, which won’t be new to anyone who has stepped foot inside one of California’s many taquerias, include new meats like chicken and chorizo, flour tortillas in addition to corn ones and, of course, burritos.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
New menu items will be revealed closer to the fall opening date.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
Dollar General’s Value Valley, which features a rotation of $1 items, really worked.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 June 2026
New York City tops the list with most items left behind in Ubers, followed by Miami, Chicago and San Francisco.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Each puzzle has exactly one solution, so watch out for words or items that seem to belong to multiple categories!
—Mark Cooper, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Recent selections in the seasonally rotating menu included items like Mango and Coconut Sticky Rice Danish, Chinese Sausage and Chive Biscuit, and Caramelized Croissant Snickerdoodles.
—Melissa Liebling-Goldberg, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for items
Noun
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Jonathan liked to drop in on patients, ask how things were going.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Kenny is going through her things and counts 26 black T-shirts.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Kilian, Winn and Erik Miller all boast above-average stuff, according to FanGraphs’ Stuff+ model.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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So for people who want to go and catch the rodeo, there’s some cool stuff happening there.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2026
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“Items.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/items. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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