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These members could no longer earmark money for specific military contractors.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The mayor urged the culture ministry to earmark substantial funding to better protect France's museums.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
In his essay, he referenced a local sales-tax earmark that led to teachers in Richland Parish, La., receiving $50,000 bonus checks funded by increased economic activity near the company’s Hyperion data-center campus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
This source was advising a Maine foundation on how to request an earmark.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
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
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Inouye was a master of earmarks, a practice that allowed lawmakers to insert funding for specific companies by name in the federal budget.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
As posted on social media, the deal has the tonal earmarks of an official document.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 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
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
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Every quarter after January 2026, the office claimed $15,000 for each officer, money earmarked for equipment or technical upgrades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The money had been earmarked for programs focused on immigrants, refugees, civil rights, climate change and children.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
What they got this year is $6 million, with $2.5 million earmarked for compensation, according to Flick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
While United argue the additional funds were earmarked for their stadium, to be built 350 yards away from where Old Trafford stands, the loan itself is lodged within club accounts.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
About a quarter of one’s salary had to be earmarked for voluntary subscriptions, which were so numerous that it was difficult to keep track of them.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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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
But her diary makes clear that her priority was to rule and develop Liberland, earmarking millions of pounds for this project.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
But starting in the mid-2000s under President George W. Bush, the U.S. began earmarking federal dollars for dioxin remediation in Vietnam to clean up the contamination sites and the two nations’ troubled relationship.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025
When the lambs are about six weeks old the entire flock is driven in for cutting, tailing, and earmarking.
From Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 by Robert B. Booth
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