EARMARK Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of earmark

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

Verb

The asset a Gen X child had mentally earmarked becomes the funding source for a parent’s final years. — Jon Sabes, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 All proceeds were earmarked for pediatric cancer research at Vanderbilt. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026

Noun

The Connecticut Senate gave final passage to a bill Monday to increase transparency around legislative earmarks and to address a political scandal created by one of their own members. — Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2026 Tucked into the latest federal government spending bill is an $85,000 earmark for an immigration liaison, a position that will build relationships with newcomers, connect them to resources, educate them on local laws and provide bilingual support, among other roles. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for earmark

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For nearly 40 years, Andy Citrin has dedicated his legal career to representing people who have suffered serious injuries.

— Matt Emma, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
The Met Cloisters is America’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the art and architecture of the Middle Ages.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of dedicate

Verb

Her reporting reveals stunning details about the high-level government officials who are devoting their time and influence to enable what is, essentially, a portfolio of home-renovation and vanity projects.

— David Remnick, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Gloria Steinem, a trailblazing journalist and activist who devoted her life to fighting for women's rights, died on Wednesday.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of devote

Noun

Factory floor gets smarter One of the main features planned for BIC North is ASML’s new flow factory, a manufacturing model designed for its TWINSCAN lithography systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
When the device is closed, a smaller exterior screen on the front cover provides quick access to key apps and features.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of feature

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British driver Ollie Millroy thanked rival Loek Hartog for saving his life after the Dutch racer stopped and pulled him from a burning Ferrari during a China GT Championship race in Shanghai on Saturday.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026
This was early November, three weeks before the famous formation change (to a 5-3-2) at Manchester City in their next away fixture which saved Leeds’ season.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of save

Noun

Across the territories, panelists broadly agreed that Nordic cinema still carries a recognizable quality stamp, but that recognition alone rarely guarantees theatrical traction.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
Two stamp stops are around Yerba Buena Gardens, and there’s a slew of them in downtown.

— Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of stamp

Noun

What’s more useful in understanding the world is a straightforward accounting of it—a kind of double-entry inventory of its characteristics.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Tactile sensor data has very different characteristics to the image data VLAs are normally trained on, and tactile datasets lag far behind the internet-scale of many vision and language datasets.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of characteristic

Noun

In 2010, researchers at Northumbria University discovered that a particular species of tart cherries, the Montmorency variety, contained anti-oxidative properties because of their high levels of polyphenols — particularly a type named anthocyanins.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The van was on airport property, while the SUV was outside the airport perimeter.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

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