EARMARKED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

earmarked

verb

past tense of earmark

as in dedicated

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 earmarked So even when colleges have the facilities, expanding enrollment to support the demand for qualified nurses and techs requires earmarked funding for the faculty, partnerships, and operating support necessary to sustain high-quality programs. —

Henry D Shannon, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026 Attorney Richard Anderson, petitioner of the annexation request, said the property, owned by Hobart Property Holdings LLC, will be earmarked for industrial use. —

Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 The public signing of the Executive Order 26-3 comes in the final three weeks of a legislative session that has yet to resolve how much of the $500 million informally earmarked for addressing affordability issues will go to aid for municipalities facing sharply higher education costs. —

Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026 Abraham criticized Foster for allowing the city to redirect millions away from the city’s climate equity fund — money that had been earmarked for parks, trees and other amenities in low-income areas threatened by climate change. —

David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 The funds are earmarked for road and bridge repairs. —

Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 Howard University, the alma mater of former Vice President Kamala Harris, Thurgood Marshall, and Toni Morrison, received $80 million in November 2025—one of the largest single donations in the school’s history, with $17 million earmarked for Howard’s College of Medicine. —

Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026 The surge occurred on the heels of a Financial Times report that said Uber has earmarked more than $10 billion for buying thousands of autonomous vehicles and taking stakes in their developers. —

Davis Giangiulio,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026 Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi announced the news on Instagram yesterday alongside a photograph from a recent visit to the 38,750-square-foot site on Sheik Mohammed Bin Zayed Road earmarked for the museum, noting that Abdelmoneam Essa of Architecture Corner Consultants has been tapped for the project. —

Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 13 Apr. 2026

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The winning duck’s owner will receive $1,981, celebrating the year Naperville Riverwalk was dedicated.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Designed by Liu Yi-chun, a Chinese architect from Atelier Deshaus, the building covers a 355,209-square-foot area, with up to 172,222 square feet dedicated for exhibition, and officially opened to the public in 2014.

— Sandra Salibian for WWD, ARTnews.com, 24 Apr. 2026