earmarking

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At the U.N., the Trump administration has begun to channel aid money through a single department established to manage emergencies, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, earmarking $3.8 billion so far.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

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

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 use of that money by earmarking funds to homelessness prevention and housing development.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

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 Granville-Barker, Harley