churn out

verb

churned out; churning out; churns out

transitive verb

: to produce mechanically or copiously : grind out
the usual pap which has been churned out about this superstarW. S. Murphy

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Provided the Niners don’t blow the doors off their Golden State rival, the Football Factory churns out the vertical yardage needed. Brad Evans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Major biotech companies that churn out made-to-order DNA for scientists have protections in place to keep dangerous biological material out of the hands of would-be evil-doers. Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025 Hershey’s also produces a few other Halloween heavy-hitters in similarly staggering quantities, churning out 25 million Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and 70 million Hershey’s Kisses a day. Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025 Socialist factories churned out little of value, which is why workers earned less than a quarter of what their capitalist counterparts earned. Matthew Mitchell, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for churn out

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of churn out was in 1876

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“Churn out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/churn%20out. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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