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The phrase "a plank for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a specific purpose or function that something serves, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "He saw the project as a plank for his future success in the industry."
Alternatives: "a means to" or "a foundation for".
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Scientific research is no longer much of a plank for the G.O.P.
Ultraconservatives in his Texas Republican Party had adopted a contentious platform that included a plank for teaching creationism in schools.
Through the chairman of the Republican National Committee he urged the party to include a plank for such an amendment in its platform of 1864.
Me age 26: "who the hell cant hold a plank for 60 seconds?
For example, in late August, he stood on a plank for three days and two nights with no sleep.
It's one minute my grandmother could hold a plank for that long imagine being so unfit" Me now: pic.twitter.com/7lh8YdBTf8.
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That is, wooden beams with four wooden legs often used to support another beam or a plank of wood for sawing.
The Hot Press reviewer said listening to the album was "something akin to being battered round the head with a plank of wood for half an hour" but, nonetheless, "bloody fantastic".
The "ambulance" waiting downstairs was a makeshift delivery van with a wooden plank for a bed.
The peace and suffrage movements were definitively united when a plank calling for the vote for women was successfully added to the party platform.
Now there is a platform plank for a presidential candidate that should inspire us all.
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