earmarking

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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 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

The new measure would expand the reach of the current one by earmarking nearly 40% of the funds to homelessness prevention and affordable housing.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2024

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 Booth, Robert B.