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

Examples of churn out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Nothing is churning out new earbuds at a faster clip than smartphones. Chris Welch, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024 Photograph: Chris Parkes The prototype bait station uses a vaporizer to churn out an attractant that Asian hornets find irresistible. Frankie Adkins, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024 But this legibility can have uncanny consequences for art outside the fan-fiction realm: A quick scan of popular TikTok tags and Google Trends can encourage writers, publishers, and Hollywood gatekeepers to churn out reductive works that feel algorithmically generated. Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024 Brandy Melville’s business model involves churning out inexpensive, trendy items that are likely to be discarded in this way, Ms. Orner said, and shipping them out to influencers in bulk, in exchange for free promotion. Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024 This technique lets an AI chatbot churn out relevant information on the fly, prioritizing a library of data provided by Chua. Jackie Snow, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024 Elon Musk’s carmaker is up against increasingly stiff competition in China, not only from homegrown competitor BYD Co. but a raft of other EV manufacturers churning out more affordable, tech-laden vehicles. Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 22 Mar. 2024 Companies as prominent as Meta and Stability AI have released unsecured AI systems, and other players have rapidly churned out many more. Mekela Panditharatne, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024 Volkswagen shut down assembly lines churning out its popular Golf hatchbacks and converted the factory, which has its own exit on the autobahn, to make six electric models. Jack Ewing, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

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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 29 Apr. 2024.

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