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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a line item" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in financial or accounting contexts to refer to a specific entry or detail in a list, such as a budget or invoice.
Example: "Each expense must be clearly detailed as a line item in the budget report for transparency."
Alternatives: "an entry" or "a budget item".
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"It's supposed to be a line item".
Ms. Edwards's bills contained a line item for the lights.
Manufacturing now is just as much a line item as is a distribution apparatus.
Your phone bill probably has a line item for Local Portability Service.
Charging business units means the carbon fee becomes a line item.
They are reacting to a line item, and they never have to deliberate, as legislators do".
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Evidently he wants a line-item veto for his God.
He said the rules would have prohibited a line-item grant as well.
This sounds suspiciously like a line-item financial budget, the sort that most people hate keeping.
In Massachusetts, the governor can exercise a line-item veto, but only for spending bills.
Do you really want to press your case for a line-item veto now?
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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