Plank

Definitions

1. A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
2. A surname.
3. 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.
   figuratively
4. Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
5. A stupid person, idiot.
   British, slang
6. That which supports or upholds.

Equivalents

Examples

“Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.”

“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.”

“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; […]”

“The party, whose official name⟳ (Bündnis 90/Die⟳ Grünen) translates as Alliance '90/The Greens, grew out of an assortment of social protest⟳ movements of the 1980s that eventually unified. Their supporters marched for everything from ending nuclear power to enacting gay rights — while maintaining the key plank of environmental protection.”

“His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.”

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