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or plonked (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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This commission had not approved nor endorsed a data center, and all were in favor of starting a process through a request for public offering back in December of last year, with the full knowledge that a data center might be the potential use.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025 -
The current mayor has endorsed Tinaglia, saying his experience as a trustee and lifelong resident are big advantages.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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Paul has advocated legitimizing DOGE’s cuts by putting them through Congress.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
23 Mar. 2025
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In 2020, Bas advocated for cutting the Police Department budget by 50%, a proposal that was fortunately never carried out.—
East Bay Times editorial,
The Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2025
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But Administrative Law Judge Joshua Pratt, who held a hearing in the case last month, issued a ruling Tuesday that supported Kimball’s decisions.—
Dara Kam,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2025
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This seamless process ensures the recipient not only gains insights but also feels supported in understanding what those results mean.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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Somewhere there is a happy medium to be found between the overbroad rules of the previous administration and the complete absence of rules for domestic companies that the present administration has now adopted.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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There was even a handwritten letter from my birth mom, written the day I was adopted.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Plunked (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunked%20%28for%29. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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