PLONKED (FOR) Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

plunked (for)

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variants or plonked (for)

past tense of plunk (for)

as in endorsed

to promote the interests or cause of I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions

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Moore has publicly endorsed the use of smelling salts by football players, singing their praises in a 2024 Wall Street Journal article about their popularity among UM players during the Jim Harbaugh era.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Sponsored by Common Sense Media and endorsed by OpenAI, the bill is named after 16-year-old Adam Raine, whose parents sued OpenAI alleging ChatGPT encouraged his suicide.

— Ella Chakarian, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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Anthropic has advocated for AI regulation, and Amodei last month called for a global slowdown in AI development to address the tech’s risks.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
After environmentalists advocated for protecting these unique creatures, the nuclear-weapons manufacturing on their site was halted.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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The festival is supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
The European Research Council supported the research through the H2Bro project, following Rothschild’s ERC Advanced Grant awarded in 2023.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

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