How to Use earmark in a Sentence

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• The ban would have applied to the earmarks contained in that bill.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
• The death of earmarks that, for so many years, fueled projects on the home front.
  — Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019
• And the lack of a tiebreaker is also an earmark that this is a Slam and not a run-of-the-mill event.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• And earmark years back called pathway to the building trades.
  — cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
• The $100 million earmark would be direct funding from the state.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2022
• The Burbank congressman and Lee are all in on earmarks.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• Inside, expect 1940s design and tight confines to be the earmark of the building design of the age.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2022
• The bill cleared the House in early May and is now being considered in the Senate, where the earmark could be removed.
  — Jackie Borchardt, cleveland.com, 5 June 2017
• Reed and Whitehouse, who are both Democrats, supported the earmark.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
• The back-slapping creature of K Street who never took a single earmark.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2017
• This story has the earmarks of a year-end effort to shore up a journalism awards entry.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2019
• While friendship is an earmark of the DAR, the philanthropic work is what keeps most women active.
  — Cynthia Moore, Town & Country, 18 Mar. 2016
• In response, the House reformed its rules to require that the sponsor of every earmark must be made public.
  — Ledyard King, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
• Earmarks can be inserted into a bill to help win the support of a member of Congress.
  — Joseph Weber, Fox News, 19 July 2017
• And there’s one earmark that has the backing of all four Utah representatives.
  — Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 May 2021
• The House Rules Committee will convene hearings this month on earmarks, House aides said.
  — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2018
• Throughout the earmark craze, top think tanks would expose the most egregious earmarks within hours of a bill’s release.
  — Brian Riedl, National Review, 2 Mar. 2021
• The Senate on Thursday voted down a ban on earmarks as the chamber considers a trio of bills to fund the government next year.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
• Many of the familiar earmarks are in this single-movement, multi-episode work.
  — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• Flip the Script costs $3,450 per participant, through a budget earmark.
  — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2019
• This one has all the earmarks of a Milwaukee blowout, as Miami focuses on the game 6 closeout at home.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
• The Legislature sent a bonding bill on Thursday to Baker that includes a long wish list of earmarks.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2018
• At the very least, the earmark could provide Rail Link supporters with more political leverage in their quest.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2018
• Ryan also lacks the tools available to prior leaders, like hometown earmarks.
  — Andrew Taylor, The Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2017
• Britt, sworn into office only eight months ago, accounted for more than 76 percent of the state’s earmarks.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 12 Aug. 2023
• This year’s budget includes about $15 billion in earmarks.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
• In an interview, Male noted that such earmarks are legal.
  — Tony Romm, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
• Republicans, in the '24 budget, asked for $7.4 billion in earmarks.
  — CBS News, 30 July 2023
• During the previous legislative session, a source told me to check out an unusual earmark in the state budget.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 3 Nov. 2022
• But with earmarks back in Congress, Republicans have been all too eager to secure plenty of pork for their constituents.
  — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 5 June 2023

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• The project uses funds that had been earmarked for education.
• The money from the tax was earmarked to pay for updates to the borough’s sewage system.
  — Christina McDermott, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
• Of the 54 units in the building, six of them are earmarked for low-income residents.
  — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
• Most of it is earmarked for more cycle routes and parking.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
• One dollar of every ticket sold will be earmarked for the fund.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• One role that seems to have only one person earmarked is the classic villain Luthor.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2023
• More than $50 billion was earmarked to protect against droughts, heat, floods, and wildfires.
  — John Fund, National Review, 24 Aug. 2023
• Democrats held back the process until the $200 million for conservation was earmarked.
  — The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2023
• The budget won’t earmark funds to specific housing projects.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
• But that was just a tiny fraction of the $3.5 billion earmarked for all FDA drug quality oversight programs.
  — Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 19 Apr. 2023
• After the docks finally closed in the 1980s, the area was earmarked for regeneration.
  — Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 19 June 2023
• Visit the group’s website to make a donation earmarked to help those impacted in Hawaii.
  — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2023
• This time, the county struck a harder bargain: Tax relief would be capped at 50% over 10 years, with revenues earmarked for public schools.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
• Malin’s friends have designed a new T-shirt, with all proceeds from its sale earmarked for his medical care.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 29 June 2023
• And over five years, the system plans to earmark $280 million of the money raised from tuition increases for financial aid.
  — Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• With the bill's billions of dollars earmarked for train travel, does this mean the United States is finally on the cusp of a high-speed revolution?
  — Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 4 Sep. 2023
• Nedeljkovic is earmarked to start Saturday when the Wings play a matinee at the Philadelphia Flyers.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2023
• All four decks can be navigated by an elevator, with the upper decks earmarked for guests and the two hulls reserved for crew.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2023
• Hundreds more boxes are earmarked for cookie booth sales.
  — Bill Chappell, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
• But most of that money was earmarked to respond to the emergency — not to shore up public health permanently.
  — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2023
• New York has $1.1 billion earmarked for flood risk protection.
  — New York Times, 18 July 2023
• Delivery Hero has earmarked €258 million in its accounts to pay Glovo’s fines over the next three financial years, but this may not be enough if the sanctions keep rolling in.
  — Ben Wray, WIRED, 20 July 2023
• The movie was initially earmarked for streaming, and looks the part with its bare-bones story, although for those who just want to see buckets of blood and chainsaws, that’s probably enough to get the job done.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
• This issue could be lessened if the state would dedicate even part of the $5 billion earmarked for the Northern Beltline loop around Birmingham, Northrop said.
  — Heather Gann | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2023
• The system plans to earmark $280 million of the money raised from tuition increases for financial aid.
  — Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Only 155 Esprit V-8s are earmarked for U.S. buyers this year.
  — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2023
• Of that amount, 15% is earmarked for behavioral health programs, 5% to address homelessness and 5% for youth programs.
  — Dánica Coto, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
• The first week in May is earmarked for a regal celebration of the sport, linked this lap to the 50th anniversary of Secretariat’s riveting Triple Crown sprint.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
• The draft budget also earmarks about $114.8 million to begin construction on a new U.S.-Mexico border crossing.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
• The authorities have also earmarked the equivalent of $49 billion to build low-cost housing.
  — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024