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From veterinary visits and medications to cleaning supplies and home maintenance, routine care is becoming a more significant line item in household budgets.
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
The county needs leadership that can hold all of these priorities at once, not treat them as separate line items.
—Kyle Krahel Frolander, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Housing gets a little tighter, grocery bills inch up, transportation changes, and suddenly there is a new line item for something like soccer or school supplies that did not exist a year ago.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
The Middle East conflict has ignited an explosion in jet fuel prices, a line item that in average times amounts to 20% to 30% of airlines’ pre-tax, non-interest costs.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
The county needs leadership that can hold all of these priorities at once, not treat them as separate line items.
—Kyle Krahel Frolander, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Housing gets a little tighter, grocery bills inch up, transportation changes, and suddenly there is a new line item for something like soccer or school supplies that did not exist a year ago.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
The Middle East conflict has ignited an explosion in jet fuel prices, a line item that in average times amounts to 20% to 30% of airlines’ pre-tax, non-interest costs.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Line item.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20item. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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