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items

noun

plural of item

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 The rear doors of two were open, and large black items could be seen scattered around. — Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 The rear doors of two of the vans were open and large black items could be seen scattered around. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 Marquez Peete was driving his white Ford pickup truck down Macon Drive in southeast Atlanta last Sunday afternoon, helping his brother move some items. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026 The typical homeowners insurance policy puts financial limits on coverage in a variety of ways — for example, by excluding certain types of disasters or capping payouts for certain items or types of damage. — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026 Arrow Rock Antiques & Mercantile is stocked with vintage knickknacks and home decor items. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026 In January, detectives seized several items during a search of Oak Park Station, including a vehicle, a motorcycle, and some electronic devices. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 The other alleged items on the pool table were a black duffel bag, a black MuTec brand metal safe, and a red Savior brand range-style bag. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026 About 10 minutes before the meeting, Cozzi left his phone, keys, wallet, and other items on his desk and went to the office restroom. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

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Things are just a little less sinister in the song’s lyrics than in the way things play out on screen.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
As Che notes, the crowd is not fully on board, at least not as things get underway.

— Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2026

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But he and the offensive line were demoralized on a pair of run-stuffs.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
The first clues came in the 1970s, when Jacob Bekenstein and Stephen Hawking calculated the entropy of black holes — typically a measure of how much stuff fits inside an object.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026

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