crank out

verb

cranked out; cranking out; cranks out

transitive verb

: to produce especially in a mechanical manner
crank out a manuscript

Examples of crank out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the Second World War, Hollywood cranked out pro-government films including specific tributes to Franklin Roosevelt. Doug McIntyre, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024 Coming off a season-high 62-point night Friday, Devin Booker cranked out 44 on 17-of-26 shooting in almost scoring half of Phoenix’s points for the game, but only had two in the fourth after another 20-point quarter (21) in the third. Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2024 Developers of export terminals have seized the momentum to advance plans to build new plants and crank out even more LNG. Benoît Morenne, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024 That includes the now Sony-acquired Destiny 2, cranking out live content every quarter almost, but the cost of doing so has become prohibitive and revenue and playercounts are dropping. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 Just as those machines take plastic molecules and use them to construct objects of any shape, ribosomes take genetic information from RNA and use it to crank out proteins. Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024 The Arc was even able to crank out 29fps in Cyberpunk 2077 with XeSS's help, and that is one of the most demanding titles of the past few years. Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024 Even as streamers, and their cousins like Max, struggle to keep viewers by cranking out series after series, this method turns out unexpected gems. Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2024 The nation’s labor market, though cooler than in the sizzling-hot years of 2021 and 2022, is still cranking out enough jobs to keep the unemployment rate near historic lows, with 2.7 million jobs added last year. Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crank out was in 1956

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“Crank out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crank%20out. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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