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Example Sentences
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Billions of dollars have been earmarked for it.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
The extra spending cash wouldn’t be strictly earmarked for education, but the teachers’ union would benefit since the measure would require some of it to fund teacher raises and to hire more teachers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
An email to the branch, obtained through a freedom of information request, indicated challenges "in relation to the use of our funding for capital costs" as opposed to the schemes they had been earmarked for.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Chevron has earmarked $7 billion in spending on offshore developments around the world this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
To make sure these properties were constant throughout the park, Burnham had his chief engineer, Abraham Gottlieb, test locations earmarked for other buildings.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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