churn through

verb

churned through; churning through; churns through

transitive verb

: to proceed through, process, or deal with rapidly or steadily in a mechanical or seemingly mechanical way

He churned through Princeton in two years, working himself into a state of near exhaustion.

—Timothy Foote

For an aggressive trader who churns through 30 or 40 deals a day, the stakes mount quickly—along with the tensions.

—Michael Meyer

Examples of churn through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Thirteen people drown in flash flooding as slow-moving thunderstorms churned through the city in June 2025, with 11 of the victims found near Northeast Loop 410 and the Perrin-Beitel Road on the Northeast Side. — Katie Bartlett, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026

Over the past two seasons, Madrid have not won a major trophy, have churned through four coaches and even called surprise presidential elections in June. — Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Hooves churned through low, marshy spots leaving ankle-deep, sticky mud. — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Sep. 2026

The roots of this scandal go back to 2021 when Griswold spent $25,000 to analyze why the office was churning through staff. — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for churn through

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou