as in to dedicate
to keep or intend for a special purpose
the earnings from my second job have been earmarked for a down payment on a car
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Recent Examples of earmark
Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Hogan had earmarked that money his first year in office, after canceling a $2.9 billion light rail in Baltimore and diverting those funds to highway, road, and bridge projects.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2024
But having moved into the district after taking office, James, of Shelby Township, has also showered attention on Selfridge Air National Guard Base and worked to bring earmarks back to the district.
—Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
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Verb
The Unicorns had earmarked a site in Santa Clara, but are currently widening their search although the ground will most likely be in the Silicon Valley.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Hogan had earmarked that money his first year in office, after canceling a $2.9 billion light rail in Baltimore and diverting those funds to highway, road, and bridge projects.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
Tammy Baldwin uses earmarks while Hovde's stance unclear The use of earmarks in federal bills to steer federal funds toward specific projects in states have produced divergent views among Wisconsin lawmakers.
—Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2024
But having moved into the district after taking office, James, of Shelby Township, has also showered attention on Selfridge Air National Guard Base and worked to bring earmarks back to the district.
—Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
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The new data center was supposed to have been dedicated toward Meta’s new and ongoing artificial intelligence projects.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Fiscal 2024 just ended with the government running a budget deficit in excess of $1.8 trillion, including more than $1.1 trillion dedicated solely to paying financing costs on the $36 trillion U.S. debt.Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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Think outside the box and apply discipline and physical attributes to turn your pursuits into something tangible.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Sometimes soccer is as simple as signing a player with the exact attributes to deal with your biggest weakness.Steve Price, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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After spending the rest of 2017 touring the world behind Joanne (including a headlining slot at Coachella, swooping in to replace a pregnant Beyoncé atop the bill), Gaga devoted 2018 to her first Hollywood starring role, in Bradley Cooper’s remake of A Star is Born.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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Featuring the longtime band lineup of singer Bruce Dickinson, bassist Steve Harris, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray, Janick Gers and Adrian Smith, Iron Maiden devoted their two-hour set consisting mostly of music from the 2021 record Senjutsu and the 1986 album Somewhere in Time.David Chiu, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Medina’s early memories of the Northside feature mostly Latino faces.Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Saddles in the Hills Another hill-country feature to hunt is the famous saddle, or a low spot between two ridges.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Adding poignancy, the narrative is interspersed with obituaries of some of the patients Shelly could not save, showing them as human beings and not just names on a medical chart.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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Projects save automatically, and even after downloading multiple projects, the total install size remained around 4GB, a fraction of the 512GB microSD in my Switch.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Some states have also created their own duck stamp initiatives.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
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Cartoon by Frank Cotham Copy link to cartoon Copy link to cartoon Link copied Shop Shop The Inflation Reduction Act heavily bears Manchin’s stamp.Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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This solid foundation enables the Bilstein DTX shock absorbers to do their work, with fast reaction times that let the various drive mode settings deliver distinctly different ride and handling characteristics.Dan Carney, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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These are split into four groups of four based on common characteristics and placed into categories.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Quaint Oak Bancorp entered into an agreement to sell and lease back its property in Allentown, Pennsylvania.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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On public land and shared private properties, such spots can become pressured and overhunted.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Earmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earmark. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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