earmarked

Example Sentences

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Comcast earmarked over 5 billion pounds for construction over an estimated five years and an extra billion pounds for the resort’s first decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Supervisor Kathryn Barger, the board’s lone opponent of the tax, said she was concerned it was a “general” tax, meaning the money wouldn’t be earmarked for healthcare costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

It's in this climate, that Monkseaton Middle School near Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, was earmarked for closure.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

In 2019, the city’s Affordability Unlocked program waived requirements for developers to build a certain number of parking spaces if they earmarked at least 50% of the project as affordable.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

But soon all her earnings, from clerking at Dickson’s Pharmacy to waitressing at the Eat’n Park, were earmarked for a camera, and she spent hours poring over Mr. Wilkinson’s camera catalogs and photography magazines.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng