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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'were an item' is correct and usable in written English.
It is a way of saying that two people are in a romantic relationship. For example, "John and Mary were an item in high school."
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By March, they were an item.
(I was afraid that someone would see us together and think we were an item).
Naomi and I were an item: the father and daughter who arrived with helmets in hand.
By the time the regatta reached Panama, the two were an item.
"I craved affection as though it were an item to be found on a market stall".
She and he were an item, he said, which Aisling had never been with anyone before.
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Mariah Carey and Elvis Presley are an item.
There was an item in the N.Y.
Why is an item going unused?
"It's an item of faith.
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