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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

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

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

Although UN donors do sometimes earmark specific projects, the UN funding prioritises just 17 countries, among them Haiti, Syria, and Sudan.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

Based on its market share, analysts calculate that the bank could face an up to 2.0 billion-pound total charge and will need to earmark more cash to cover the difference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

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

Inouye was a master of earmarks, a practice that allowed lawmakers to insert funding for specific companies by name in the federal budget.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

That means that Collins’ position atop the Appropriations Committee, and the hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks that come with it, is both a carrot and a stick.

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

NTU estimates more than $14 billion in earmarks overall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 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

In some instances, federal agencies have mounted criminal cases against recipients of taxpayer money earmarked for homelessness services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

But critics question whether they belong in areas earmarked for new homes and have raised concerns about their energy use, water consumption and environmental impacts.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The money had been earmarked for programs focused on immigrants, refugees, civil rights, climate change and children.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has since earmarked more than half a trillion dollars for the armed forces over the next decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 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

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

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 Harley Granville-Barker