items

plural of item

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of items The family has several immediate needs, including clothing, food, personal items and help with temporary living expenses, Sharp said. Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026 That increase was faster than the rate for all items combined for the entire year ending in July. Rachel Barber, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 Be sure to check out our other early Labor Day deals including items like SSDs and at other retailers like Walmart and Amazon. George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026 Cerny and Nelson plan to keep the store open through the winter holidays, stocking new items through the end. Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 May research from the Bank of Canada found prices for those items rose about 6 percent more than non-tariffed goods. Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 Transporting these items is repetitive and physically demanding work that can take nurses and other employees away from clinical responsibilities. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026 From travel dresses to a lightweight sweater, here are 14 items from Quince’s Workwear Edit that would look great on you on your next flight, starting at $20. Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026 For easier selling, hold a garage sale or list the items on Facebook Marketplace. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for items
Noun
  • Erin then complains about her daughter and drones on about all sorts of things that no one can even pretend to care about.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
  • These were pretty innocuous in the grand scheme of things, but were hanging as a PR headache for Ferrari heading to its home race.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Especially younger voters need to learn why capitalism is better than socialism and why promises of free stuff by the left will come at a huge cost.
    Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This is the stuff that keeps my, and many, many others employed.
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Items.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/items. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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