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
Gloria Haraito, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
That will likely have an impact on American beef consumption in China, and if that happens, what happens to all the U.S. beef that was earmarked for export there?
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2025
Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
As of August, the education department distributed more than $42 million in grants of a $50 million earmark to state schools to increase and modernize security according to recommendations from Arkansas' 2022 School Safety Commission Report.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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Verb
After earmarking 610 billion won ($414 million) to build a battery plant near its Busan headquarters, the company unveiled its battery prototype in March 2024, touting it as more powerful than Tesla’s.
—Gloria Haraito, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
That will likely have an impact on American beef consumption in China, and if that happens, what happens to all the U.S. beef that was earmarked for export there?
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
The earmark of empire is the subservience of liberty to ultra-inflated national security fears to protect us from ghosts.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
As of August, the education department distributed more than $42 million in grants of a $50 million earmark to state schools to increase and modernize security according to recommendations from Arkansas' 2022 School Safety Commission Report.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earmark
Verb
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Endrick also dedicated his two goals in extra time against Celta Vigo in the Copa del Rey in January to the Germany international.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Under her ministration, the club dedicated itself to good works—preparing food for the poor and homebound, taking up collections for the sick, and even interceding to stop evictions.—
Richard D. Mahoney,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The risk tolerance of an organization will determine the weighting of these attributes or whether they'll simply be ignored.—
Morey Haber,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Now his mental attributes in terms of learning the offense are starting to catch up with his physical gifts.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The key to successfully bringing family into the C-suite is devoting time and training them and moving each of them up over time.—
Ray Titus,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The Beavers appear more willing to devote every dollar possible to winning on the field during the Pac-12's transition.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
Noun
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The company, which has recently released features such as Flow, Hard Truths and My Favourite Cake, plans to launch Post Truth in the second half of June in at least 20 Turkish cities.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Department of Education appears to have removed a key new feature of the StudentAid.gov website that has allowed borrowers to track their student loan forgiveness progress.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Bobby manages to save Chimney, who falls ill and starts coughing up blood while responding to the lab blaze.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Governments couldn’t borrow money at home or abroad to save the banks or to meet their debt obligations, much less to spend their way out of the recession.—
JAVIER CORRALES,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Crow loves the music that’s out there, with good reason: Her stamp is on a hell of a lot of it.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
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Not unlike today, the nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw a flood of commercial, standardized, and reproducible images in billboards, newspapers, stamps, and more.—
Erik Zou,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In 2010, for example, literary scholar Julie Brown suggested that renowned American poet Emily Dickinson had characteristics – such as sensory issues, social quirkiness and a savant’s command of language – that align with those of some individuals on the autism spectrum.—
Bradley J. Irish,
The Conversation,
29 Apr. 2025
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Users still can't control the number of speakers, their demographic characteristics, accents, or conversation length.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Nourish at 1 Hotel South Beach A platform for sustainable luxury, Nourish will be taking place at 1 Hotel South Beach’s Tala Beach— coinciding with the property’s 10th anniversary.—
Cheryl Tiu,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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According to police Shriner was hit in the shoulder and then retreated inside her property.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Earmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earmark. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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