How to Use line item in a Sentence

line item

noun
  • For any event, the venue is one of the most costly line items.
    — Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2020
  • This isn’t about defending a line item on a bill.
    — Lisa Mallozzi, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This isn’t about defending a line item on a bill.
    — Lisa Mallozzi, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Food is one of the biggest line items in many of our budgets.
    — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • This strips away inertia and makes each line item earn its place.
    — Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The right-of-way fee line item was still listed in the budget.
    — Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • What line items did the mayor highlight?
    — Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 18 June 2025
  • Noah Kahan is adding a new line item to his resume.
    — Annie Harrigan, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Not all at once, of course, and not from one person or one line item on a budget.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2020
  • But those are just impressive line items for a résumé.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
  • In other words the diffuser is one line item.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
  • There's no budget line item to pay people who are not showing up for work.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • There's no budget line item to pay people who are not showing up for work.
    — Monica Sager, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
  • That’s real money, more than a lot of line items in the state budget.
    — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Each line item in your proposal should feel like progress toward their goal.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Profit isn’t merely a line item in the budget.
    — Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Profit isn’t merely a line item in the budget.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
  • One of the largest line items on Checkout’s balance sheet is its wage bill.
    — Iain Martin, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Then hand them the receipt and point out the various line items, like sales tax.
    — Rebecca McVane, Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 May 2018
  • That one thing — the Broncos — is more than a line item on a tax return.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Every campaign, line item and expense must earn its place.
    — Yogesh Shah, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Dunleavy in the past has not shied away from vetoing line items in the state budget.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • How to read charges on your utility bills The big line items on your bill are in two parts.
    — John Shumway, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Unredeemed gift cards are a big line item on company balance sheets.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Until a few weeks ago, child care was the biggest line item in our monthly budget.
    — Maggie Bullock, The Atlantic, 6 May 2020
  • The next largest line items were meals and entertainment and a website.
    — oregonlive.com, 15 June 2019
  • The cuts were made to create a line item in this year’s budget that would fund legal claims against the town.
    — Jessica Saggio | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • This is a practical line item that should be discussed with parties from all sides of the road.
    — Robert Morast, SFChronicle.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The summit itself was never the line item in question.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • Anything above on-the-field production will likely come with a new line item on the bill.
    — Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025

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