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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

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

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

This theatricality has become another earmark of the speakeasy genre.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 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

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

That means that Collins’ position atop the Appropriations Committee, and the hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks that come with it, is both a carrot and a stick.

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

Millions of dollars Tennessee GOP Rep. Chuck Fleischmann scored in earmarks in this year’s appropriations bills—the largest total in the House.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

A statement, I’m aware, that has all the unpleasant earmarks of a build-up, but quite the contrary is true.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

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

So far, allies have earmarked only $72 billion, the Ukrainian defense ministry said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Although originally earmarked for shipyard workers and defense employees like Dorothy, the neighborhood was starting to attract Negroes from all income classes.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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

The outlines of China’s push were clear even before Trump first took office, with Beijing earmarking strategic sectors such as biotechnology, robots and electric vehicles for state support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

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

What's the use of earmarking this or that as my own?

From Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste by Harley Granville-Barker