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earmark

[eer-mahrk] / ˈɪərˌmɑrk /




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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

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

Calvert said he meets annually with cities across his district and encourages government agencies to submit earmark applications.

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

NTU estimates more than $14 billion in earmarks overall.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 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

It has earmarked $2 billion to divert as many as four rivers into the waterway, bolstering three that already feed it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

About 25% of the total 14 million tickets between the Games are earmarked for the Paralympics, which will be in L.A. for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

That spending includes amounts already earmarked for Apple’s existing domestic operations, including pay for U.S.-based corporate and retail staff, as well as the cost of components Apple will buy from U.S. suppliers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Despite a record £22bn earmarked for water company environmental improvements by 2030, the overall picture has changed little since 2019.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Although originally earmarked for shipyard workers and defense employees like Dorothy, the neighborhood was starting to attract Negroes from all income classes.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Specifically, the court noted that existing disclosure laws and rules about earmarking donations already act as disincentives for donors hoping to use parties as a means to indirectly funnel money to candidates.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

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

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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