churn through
verb
churned through; churning through; churns through
: 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
Timothy FooteFor an aggressive trader who churns through 30 or 40 deals a day, the stakes mount quickly—along with the tensions.—Michael Meyer
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Stafford gives an anecdotal example, wherein a mid-sized company churned through three Directors of Sales in two years.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
So many consumer industries are predicated on speed and scale, overproducing and churning through new trends at record pace — often to a destructive degree.
—Bella Webb, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026
The Saturn Boulevard hotspot, where polluted water churns through concrete culverts, has been identified as the epicenter of the Tijuana River Valley air pollution crisis in the South Bay.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
In a college sports industry that churns through billions of dollars each year, a $300,000 allocation by one university might seem inconsequential.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
So many consumer industries are predicated on speed and scale, overproducing and churning through new trends at record pace — often to a destructive degree.
—Bella Webb, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026
The Saturn Boulevard hotspot, where polluted water churns through concrete culverts, has been identified as the epicenter of the Tijuana River Valley air pollution crisis in the South Bay.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
In a college sports industry that churns through billions of dollars each year, a $300,000 allocation by one university might seem inconsequential.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Churn through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/churn%20through. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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