as in to grind (out)
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Recent Examples of crank out
Peggy Ann could crank out a then-impressive 400 pages an hour.
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Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Right now, everyone’s racing to crank out more content.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The Macallan, by comparison, will crank out ten times that amount annually.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
But the company ultimately failed to crank out a sufficient number of batteries before running out of cash, due in part to a reliance on Chinese technology that led to technical snafus and internal culture clashes.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Right now, everyone’s racing to crank out more content.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The Macallan, by comparison, will crank out ten times that amount annually.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
But the company ultimately failed to crank out a sufficient number of batteries before running out of cash, due in part to a reliance on Chinese technology that led to technical snafus and internal culture clashes.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crank out
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The window turned out to be the window of the men’s bathroom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Alcaraz played an exhibition against American Frances Tiafoe in the uptown arena, which turns out to hold a tennis court nicely and hosted 16,194 fans.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Oct. 2025
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The Phillies can't continue to churn out almost the same roster year after year and expect different results.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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That is, if a user is able to churn out Superman and Minions at the click of a button, there’s got to be an obvious copyright violation.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Those decisions won’t always work out.—
Sam McDowell
October 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Steelers worked out defensive lineman Bell Stille and hosted offensive lineman Bayron Matos on a visit.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The 20-point ceasefire plan brokered by the United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey still has several unresolved issues and details that must be hammered out.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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As streaming then supplanted sales and stars such as Swift hammered out their issues with Spotify, a new playbook was written.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Raiders let Jeanty work up a sweat in the second preseason game against the 49ers (and slightly less of a sweat in the third game versus Arizona), and the 2024 Heisman runner-up delivered.—
Nick Baumgardner,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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To this day, working up a mess of beans soothes and centers me.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
21 Aug. 2025
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The bad news is that there are already murmurs in Brussels about piecemeal, incremental measures – harmonizing certain national laws, creating yet another framework for EU member states to fuss over and interpret.—
Jan Hammer,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The series is created, written, directed and executive produced by Levinson and produced in partnership with A24.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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