Synonyms for earmark
ˈɪərˌmɑrkear·mark

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1. earmarknoun

   identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal

   Synonyms:
   hallmark, stylemark, trademark

2. hallmark, trademark, earmark, stylemarkverb

   a distinctive characteristic or attribute

   Synonyms:
   assay-mark, hallmark, authentication, stylemark, trademark

3. allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserveverb

   give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

   "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

   Synonyms:
   admit, grant, set aside, capture, appropriate, suspend, hold, let, book, give up, reserve, tolerate, countenance, permit, provide, leave, allow, conquer, take into account, seize, allow for

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1. List of paraphrases for "earmark":

   allocate, ring-fence, devote, assign, affect

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How to use earmark in a sentence?

1. Ted Budd:

   Taxpayers across the country are getting their first look at what Washington is like in the new earmark era. It’s not a pretty sight.

2. Roy Blunt:

   I would expect that if House Senate Republicans and House Democrats are going to earmark and Senate Democrats are going to earmark that I'll be part of the process.

3. Israel Katz:

   We have means of offense and defense, but this would spare us the need to earmark enormous resources on a permanent basis and for the long-term in the face of such threats.

4. Melanie Newman:

   Honestly, each earmark is just another page, i feel fortunate to be the one handed this chance, it's our responsibility until there are no more firsts and its just an even playing field of all-qualified professionals who happen to look different.

5. Rob Portman:

   The deficit, of course, has been at historic levels the last year and likely to be again this year, just did 1.9trillion, second is, where doearmarksgo? ... There's some good analysis out there showing that more than half of it goes to those kinds of leadership positions. So for all those members who supported it, they might want to think, gosh, am I really going to get the earmark anyway?