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 To set apart for a special use 
      “Congress pork-barrel spends and earmarks all of this money while we have enlisted families on food stamps.” 
  
To hope for, or aspire to, a goal or dream 
To determine the future or the fate of something in advance 
To be frugal and not spend one's money 
To assign to someone or for a particular purpose 
To appoint or specify as a selection 
To mark out and make known 
To select as an object of attention or attack 
To attribute or ascribe a property, quality or value to someone or something 
To reveal or mark out as having a particular quality or ability 
To label with one's name or brand 
Plural for a characteristic or identifying feature 
      “That was an earmark of the way I approached electronics.” 
  
Plural for a symbol which indicates a certain identity, product, service to the public 
Plural for a patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization 
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