The phrase "a recent item" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that has been published, released, or occurred not long ago.
Example: "I came across a recent item in the news that discussed the impact of climate change on agriculture."
Alternatives: "a new article" or "a latest piece".
For starters, it has more than the usual complement of beer, as my colleague Eric Asimov also noted in a recent item on his blog, The Pour.
MIKE WEINSTOCK A recent item told of a tour agent planning a Manhattan visit for a group of elderly Southern women.
Referring to a recent item in Mr. Levitt's Newsday column, she added, "For the record, my dog has not bitten anybody".
"Rumor has it," a recent item began, that a particular e-commerce company "has closed its office and forced remaining employees to work from a current employee's basement".
The square-off inspired Gawker's Adrian Chen to joke in a recent item that his former colleague "has been busily blogging the Village Voice to financial ruin".
A recent item on the fear of Islam in the United States, for instance, included YouTube videos, Twitter posts and paragraphs from essays on Web sites and blogs.
The Spaces feature presents itself simply to the end user, allowing them to see which items are work or personal thanks to badges shown next to the credentials, as well as a "Recent Items" view that lets them find their most-often used password more quickly.
[UPDATE: Bowers sends in a more recent item of his putting the number at 51; without then-Sen. Paul Kirk (D-Mass)., who has since been replaced by Republican Scott Brown, the number would still hit the 50-threshold.].
The New Yorker, September 18 , 1948P. 21 An engineer employed by General Electric has come forth with a sequal to our recent item about a name plate in the main powerhouse at Bonneville Dam.
That's what Hollrr's destination site is for — it features a real-time stream of recent item recommendations, which these users can then take and share back to Facebook and Twitter (and look smart in the process).
Kwei-Armah expects to return to at some point to England, where a recent news item there suggested that he was a long-shot candidate for the top post at the National Theatre of Great Britain.
