
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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At a store, I purchased $5$ different items. I have $3$ identical bags to carry them, and the cashier will place the items in these bags. How many different ways can the cashier distribute the $5$ items into the $3$ identical bags, with the possibility of leaving some bags empty?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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