PLUNKS (FOR) Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

plunks (for)

verb

variants or plonks (for)

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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This evidence base is why ASCO endorses integrative oncology guidelines and why NCCN incorporates integrative therapies throughout symptom management pathways.

— Lorenzo Cohen, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026
In two South Florida congressional districts, the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board endorses long-time Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and, in an open seat, newcomer Pia Dandiya.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of endorses

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The group was launched with support from the Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit that advocates for whistle-blowers.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
The key difference between EAs and safetyists is that EAs generally provide funding for AI safety research and risk mitigation, whereas safetyists are researchers and advocates undertaking AI safety work and publicly calling for regulation.

— Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of advocates

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The other half came from the Fund for Policy Reform, a nonprofit that’s part of Soros’ Open Society Foundations, which supports progressive organizations and whose board is chaired by his son, Alex Soros.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Pearlman supports campus efforts to create foundations for scholarships and lobbying Sacramento and Washington to keep funding, including student aid, at necessary levels.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of supports

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Another key element of the measure is establishing a two-year budget cycle for the city, which currently adopts its budget annually.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
But Eliot also uses free indirect discourse, the technique in which an omniscient narrator adopts the perspective of an individual character, to inhabit Dorothea beyond her surface qualities.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

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