plunks (for)

verb

variants or plonks (for)
Definition of plunks (for)next
present tense third-person singular of plunk (for)
as in endorses
to promote the interests or cause of I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions

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  1. endorses
  2. supports
  3. adopts
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  • Whether or not one endorses each and every measure, reasonable people should agree that sports betting, promoted as seductively as cigarettes ever were, has suddenly become a costly and corrosive economic force.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Building trust always leads to better engagement, especially if the influencer endorses your product for a long period of time.
    Jason Hall, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of endorses
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  • But for people living with chronic pain, experts agreed this research supports the idea that healthy eating could be a tool for some relief.
    Brian Mastroianni, Health, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Such emerging opportunities can also be applied to cost benchmarking, scope-of-work planning and management, client-agency performance evaluations and many other key marketing functions that procurement supports.
    Bruno Gralpois, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of supports
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  • Evergreen, who is now 8 weeks old, is currently living with a foster family until a forever family adopts her.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Along the way, Roz befriends some of the local wildlife—Pedro Pascal voices a mischievous red fox named Fink, with Bill Nighy voicing an elderly goose named Longneck—and adopts an orphaned goose named Brightbill (Kit Connor).
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of adopts
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