plunk (for)

verb

variants or plonk (for)
Definition of plunk (for)next
as in to endorse
to promote the interests or cause of I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunk (for)
  1. endorse
  2. advocate
  3. support
  4. adopt
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  • Hours after the ad was released, the husband-and-wife duo held a press conference to endorse Killin for Congress.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
  • There isn’t a world in which Mattel, who now owns and manages Pleasant Company, would canonically endorse Samantha joining the IWW.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of endorse
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  • Rather than pursuing technological isolationism, Koerte advocates greater collaboration across borders.
    — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Dodd also continued to advocate for independence for the Baltic States.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of advocate
Verb
  • SeaGuardian is the maritime variant of the MQ-9B Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) operated by the USN as part of a Company-Owned, Company-Operated (COCO) contract with GA-ASI supporting an ongoing capability assessment for the 7th Fleet.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • That is an extraordinarily broad claim, and current evidence does not support it.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of support
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  • Rates actually continued to increase after the Society of Surgical Oncology adopted the guidelines in 2016, even though patients who received the biopsy were not more likely to survive or avoid recurrence.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Meta immediately took out advertisements in major newspapers, pressuring its competitors to adopt similar guardrails.
    — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of adopt
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“Plunk (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunk%20%28for%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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