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earmark

[eer-mahrk] / ˈɪərˌmɑrk /




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The mayor urged the culture ministry to earmark substantial funding to better protect France's museums.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

This source was advising a Maine foundation on how to request an earmark.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

For example, producers like Shell and BP keep stocks at terminals and refineries around the UK and can earmark stocks held elsewhere as counting towards their reserves.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

Based on its market share, analysts calculate that the bank could face an up to 2.0 billion-pound total charge and will need to earmark more cash to cover the difference.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

Anderson used his power to earmark municipal funds to clean up the Black Belt’s crumbling sewers and streets.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Her website puts on vivid display, in map and list form, the specific earmarks she has landed.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

Could it become tricky to find votes in the Senedd for a budget if Plaid earmarks cash for that exercise?

From BBC May 9, 2026

Yet the bills showered $8 billion in earmarks on members’ home districts.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

The April 2025 sale of an IonQ system to a Chattanooga, Tenn., municipal power company, says Wolfpack, was funded two-thirds by IonQ itself, and one-third by the federal earmarks of a Tennessee congressman.

From Barron's Feb. 4, 2026

She might have to take them on a train, and she couldn’t ride on a train with her clothing torn, it was one of the earmarks of the fugitive.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

Of the $350 billion pledged by South Korea, some $150 billion is earmarked for U.S. shipbuilding.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Among ten locations earmarked for funding are the Grand Union Canal, the River Brent catchment area, and the Lower Crane Valley.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

The Indian renewables subsidiary filed for an India IPO which could raise up to 37.50 billion rupees, with proceeds earmarked for debt repayment, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Lai's government has earmarked a record NT$1.1 trillion in defence spending for 2027, which accounts for more than three percent of GDP.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

To make sure these properties were constant throughout the park, Burnham had his chief engineer, Abraham Gottlieb, test locations earmarked for other buildings.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Specifically, the court noted that existing disclosure laws and rules about earmarking donations already act as disincentives for donors hoping to use parties as a means to indirectly funnel money to candidates.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

The company, according to Reuters, is earmarking as much as 30% of shares for retail investors and scheduling a meeting with 1,500 of them at an event in June, once its IPO roadshow kicks off.

From MarketWatch Apr. 8, 2026

Crypto companies such as Bullish and Gemini Space Station have been among those earmarking a larger chunk of their IPO shares for individual investors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

In the Budget it said it would raise the age limit to cover under-25s, earmarking £725m for the scheme over the next three years.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2025

To conclude a separate peace with that Power is become a pressing, and would also be a feasible, task were it not that this earmarking of Constantinople for Russia constitutes an impassable barrier.

From England and Germany by William Morris Hughes




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