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phonemarks

phonemarks is the plural of phonemark.

phonemarks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phonemark.

Meaning of phonemark

Noun

phonemark (plural phonemarks)

  1. A non-legislative designation by a telephone call from a legislator, of specific projects for funding as part of funding for more general programs.
    • They were earmarks by another name. The techniques employed included “lettermarks,” members writing to administrators to urge that home-based projects be funded; “phonemarks,” calling executive officials to request money for projects in their states or districts; and "soft marks." simply...2013, Walter J. Oleszek, Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process, page 61

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Questions about phonemarks

What is phonemarks the plural of?
Phonemarks is the plural of phonemark.

Words near phonemarks in the dictionary

  1. phonemakers
  2. phonemal
  3. phonemark
  4. phonemarked
  5. phonemarking
  6. phonemarks
  7. phonematic
  8. phonematically
  9. phonematics
  10. phoneme
  11. phonemehood

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