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I am having difficulty understanding which is correct as each seems to be singular and them seems to be plural.

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"Each of them is..."

The subject of such a sentence is each, which is a singular noun. The phrase of them modifies each, but it doesn't turn it into a plural noun. It just specifies a group which the subject is a part of.

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