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 superstar.W. S. Murphy

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Hurricane Melissa’s punishing intensity laid bare the vulnerability of island nations—and served as a stark reminder of how quickly catastrophe can strike as the Atlantic churns out more Category 5 storms. Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 Deadly Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba overnight and was churning out to sea on Wednesday as a Category 2 storm as authorities in Jamaica began surveying the extensive damage left in its wake as the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025 Critics argued that warm inflation would have effectively burned itself out, prematurely churning out interacting particles that would have sapped its potential energy. Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025 Dodgers still aren’t hitting homers like last year Here’s the thing about the Dodgers’ World Series run a year ago — it was fueled by their bullpen but was predicated on an offense that churned out runs and slugged their way through October. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 26 Oct. 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 5 Nov. 2025.

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