mark up
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This week’s example: The House Administration Committee will today mark up legislation that would tighten the restrictions on lawmakers who engage in stock trading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
But she has had to mark up new inventory.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Lucy tries to mark up her clients’ value to each other, next selling Sophie on a strapping 5-foot-11 bachelor while leaving out that her personal assessment of him is that he’s charmless and boring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
In any event, the weeks of private negotiation will end soon, as the committee overseeing Medicaid is expected to reveal and mark up its section of the Big Bill next week.
From Slate ● May 10, 2025
He followed the drag mark up to the foot of a big tree and found the remains of the carcase, fully 300 pounds in weight, in a fork more than twenty feet from the ground.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
