"We'll weed out extraneous items, like bills and Chinese menus".
A vote can waive objections to all extraneous items at once, so members can add multiple and far-reaching extraneous provisions.
Macy's Inc, the department store chain, posted a wider quarterly loss on Wednesday, hurt by a persisting decline in sales as shoppers shunned extraneous items.
Reading the list of extraneous items that Bryson and Strayed packed for their thru-hikes — folding cutlery, a plastic dish, a spare gas bottle, four bandannas, a "big knife for killing bears and hillbillies"; a towel, binoculars, a foldable saw, a stainless-steel digging trowel, a metal votive-candle lantern, shampoo, conditioner, a hairbrush — made this minimalist's teeth grind.
Because the retail sales figures include these extraneous items, it is no wonder they do not correlate with statistics showing consumer price declines in each month of the July-September period down 1.8%, 1.2% and 0.8%–plus increases in M2 in all three months.
When Congress rushes through important legislation such as this upcoming bill, extraneous items of questionable merit are usually thrown in during the final stretch of the haggling process among key staff members behind closed doors.
The exploratory factor analysis allowed for the factor structure to be made simpler and more robust with the removal of extraneous items.
Divide the money between envelopes you have marked for dining out, groceries, gas, tolls, extraneous items and entertainment.
If you see bits of wet tissue, pieces of fluff or any extraneous items stuck to clothing, pull them off before placing the clothing in the dryer.
Also, any extraneous items that detract from your work focus should be either brought home or placed in an area away from your immediate work space.
