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earmark

[eer-mahrk] / ˈɪərˌmɑrk /




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The mayor urged the culture ministry to earmark substantial funding to better protect France's museums.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

The deal, in which investors will earmark $2 billion, is the latest example where U.K. life insurers managing pensions are turned into a source of funding for private credit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

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

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

For example, producers like Shell and BP keep stocks at terminals and refineries around the UK and can earmark stocks held elsewhere as counting towards their reserves.

From BBC Mar. 11, 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

A 2016 draft master plan earmarks the building as a veteran multipurpose union with a cafeteria as an alternate use.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

That earmarks 100 billion euros for Ukraine’s recovery, but the spending plan hasn’t been approved.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Her website puts on vivid display, in map and list form, the specific earmarks she has landed.

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

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

Nicole Higginbotham, a bookstore owner in Rock Hill, S.C., and her husband, Luke, have a high-yield savings account earmarked for pet expenses.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

It called for $37 million, $2.4 million of which was earmarked for repair and restoration.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Much of the new money has been earmarked for specific capital projects, including new weapons programmes.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

It could generate $360 million per year, with about $80 million of that earmarked yearly for Tijuana River improvements.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

He had never before spent a needless penny, since all money had been earmarked for his bookstore.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

In the Budget it said it would raise the age limit to cover under-25s, earmarking £725m for the scheme over the next three years.

From BBC Dec. 8, 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

To conclude a separate peace with that Power is become a pressing, and would also be a feasible, task were it not that this earmarking of Constantinople for Russia constitutes an impassable barrier.

From England and Germany by William Morris Hughes




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