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earmark

[eer-mahrk] / ˈɪərˌmɑrk /




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Not only was Navatek’s direct line to Capitol Hill gone, but Congress was doing away with the abuse-riddled earmark process.

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

In his essay, he referenced a local sales-tax earmark that led to teachers in Richland Parish, La., receiving $50,000 bonus checks funded by increased economic activity near the company’s Hyperion data-center campus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 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

Despite his erratic behavior, former employees agree Kao hit upon an effective way to replace the lost earmarks.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

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

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

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

Donors threatened to pull funds and works earmarked for the museum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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

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

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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