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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

Although UN donors do sometimes earmark specific projects, the UN funding prioritises just 17 countries, among them Haiti, Syria, and Sudan.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

Tucked in a $10 billion climate bond on the November ballot is an earmark to improve drinking water quality for communities such as East Orosi.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2024

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

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

NTU estimates more than $14 billion in earmarks overall.

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

Their replica shirts cost £55, but Spirit have already exhausted the supply they had earmarked for both 2026 and 2027.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

The purse is $40 million, cash that instead could be earmarked for 2027.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The makeshift settlement, long earmarked for demolition, was founded by residents evicted in Seoul's redevelopment drive ahead of the 1988 Olympic Games.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Anthropic said its contribution can’t be used to “influence the election of any candidate for federal, state, or local office” and that its funds are earmarked for public education and policy initiatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Peru had little money to spend on archaeology, and almost all of it was earmarked for the magnificent stone ruins in the mountains.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

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