plank
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
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Verkiezingsfraude van de bovenste plank, waar men zelfs in Congo nog wat van kan leren. Bovendien is het klassenjustitie.
raft on the sidewalk profit on a plank preaching CEO drops change #haiku4u #political #satire #puns #writing #writingprompt
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As a dev for Big Flora, could you please pluck a plank out of that Full Stack of yours, and finally implement proper formatting and line break capability for the custom verse I can type out to Mom on that little busin…
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Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
In the 1970s, a group of ideologically inspired economists captured the ears and minds of politicians. The central plank of their ‘neo-liberal’ model was that growth and development depended on market competitiveness;
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A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.
“Verkiezingsfraude van de bovenste plank, waar men zelfs in Congo nog wat van kan leren. Bovendien is het klassenjustitie.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“raft on the sidewalk profit on a plank preaching CEO drops change #haiku4u #political #satire #puns #writing #writingprompt”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Plank Challenge -Join me! @ncbatorguy.bsky.social @countryboy0609.bsky.social #nakedplanks #nakedworkout #dadbod”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My plank challenge buddy 👏 👏 👏”
— Bluesky· May 2026“As a dev for Big Flora, could you please pluck a plank out of that Full Stack of yours, and finally implement proper formatting and line break capability for the custom verse I can type out to Mom on that little business card that comes with the flowers?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(figurative) A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
When Mr. Dole had been asked at the Republican convention about the same immigration amendment—one of the more conservative and sensitive planks—he did not oppose it, but said he would have to think long and hard before supporting it.
Plank means: A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
plank means: A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“Very little Trump does has ever been legal but noone seems to be able to stop his relentless recklessness. Simply can't believe Clinton and Nixon were made to walk the plank and this brain donor is allowed to stay as president. U.S. democracy needs to be bigger than trump.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i'm so glad that Plank came through, i was worried he was gonna bail on us again”
— Bluesky· May 2026“if my otp gets killed again, I guess I'm ready to jump the plank and pretend I never shipped AxMX or whatever”
— Bluesky· May 2026“how springy the plank was can be determined by Capt Hookes law”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Anna and Elsa making Hans walk the plank with his pants down. The Menagerie in SPAAAACE! No doubt running into Stitch.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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