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earmark

[eer-mahrk] / ˈɪərˌmɑrk /




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

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

Here’s a deeper dive into Congress’s nasty earmark habit:

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

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

The toll lane project could cost as much as $650 million, said David Knudsen, a deputy executive director of the Riverside County Transportation Commission, the agency that requested the earmark.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 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

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

Millions of dollars Tennessee GOP Rep. Chuck Fleischmann scored in earmarks in this year’s appropriations bills—the largest total in the House.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 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

Some of the money is earmarked for buying next-generation chip-making equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Rahmani said the funds earmarked for Lopez were deposited into a Chase bank account on Aug. 28.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

According to planning applications, Jenner had earmarked the parcel to serve as the location of an enormous 18,000-square-foot property that would offer her additional privacy and more room for her family to enjoy.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

According to the UK government's Living Costs and Food Survey, external, the proportion of total spending earmarked for food has halved in the 60 years to 2016 from 33% to just 16%.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Strauss was saying: “The problem, Mr. Raynor, is getting sufficient funds to work on projects like these, without having strings tied to the money. When amounts are earmarked for specific purposes, we can’t really operate.”

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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 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 Booth, Robert B.




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