Example Sentences

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The new capital is earmarked primarily for NAV loans and preferred equity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Czech 26th seed Mensik has long been earmarked as a talent who can provide a credible challenge to the duopoly of Sinner and Alcaraz.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Supervisor Kathryn Barger, the board’s lone opponent of the tax, said she was concerned it was a “general” tax, meaning the money wouldn’t be earmarked for healthcare costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

It's in this climate, that Monkseaton Middle School near Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, was earmarked for closure.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

But soon all her earnings, from clerking at Dickson’s Pharmacy to waitressing at the Eat’n Park, were earmarked for a camera, and she spent hours poring over Mr. Wilkinson’s camera catalogs and photography magazines.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng