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plank

verb

Definition of plank

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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No bigger than a microwave oven, Idefix will plop onto Phobos by itself, bouncing for several minutes before coming to a halt in the moon's extraordinarily low gravity.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
One time, a very famous chef served my dining companion a gorgeous ten-piece dessert while plopping a giant wedge of cheese on my plate.

— Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

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Before long, the barricades lay tossed aside and the tents within went up in smoke, along with Vucic's power.

— JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Before long, the barricades lay tossed aside and the tents within went up in smoke, along with Vucic’s power.

— Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

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