plank

Definition of planknext
as in to plop
to throw or set down clumsily or casually planked the carton down on the counter and left

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Recent Examples of plank To challenge the claim, the research team began testing individual planking panels commonly used in timber-frame construction. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025 The rather elegant pool house built there by FDR, for example, was planked over during the Nixon administration in order to build the current, somewhat frumpy Press Room. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2025 Schwartz embraces planking as a convenient way to work virtually every major muscle in the body. Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025 Your golf swing can also benefit from planking, concluded another study published in the June issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for plank
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  • In the comics, Battleworld stitched together all the different worlds and plopped every hero and their variant into one new universe.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • An 82-year-old Italian woman who isn't plopping herself in a chair and knitting sweaters all day long.
    Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
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  • As a kid, Cook was a delivery boy tossing newspapers onto front lawns in his small hometown of Robertsdale, Alabama.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Kirby Yates, acquired Monday from the Angels, tossed a scoreless ninth for Pittsburgh.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

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“Plank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plank. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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