as in to grind (out)
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Recent Examples of crank out
Pop’s also cranks out a great burger, cheesesteak, and barbecue sandwich.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
By the end of the year, the company wants its new Southern California factory to crank out 10,000 per month.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
The last thing a compassionate society wants to see while families' grief is on public display and rescue workers go days on end without sleep is someone cranking out bumper-stickers or blasting out fundraising emails designed to gain a partisan edge.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 17 July 2025
Grid operators declared max generation events, calling on every available power plant to crank out supply.
—Terry Jarrett, Boston Herald, 16 July 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
By the end of the year, the company wants its new Southern California factory to crank out 10,000 per month.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
The last thing a compassionate society wants to see while families' grief is on public display and rescue workers go days on end without sleep is someone cranking out bumper-stickers or blasting out fundraising emails designed to gain a partisan edge.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 17 July 2025
Grid operators declared max generation events, calling on every available power plant to crank out supply.
—Terry Jarrett, Boston Herald, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crank out
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Auron recently found a plant that turned out to be a partridge pea, a legume species native to the East Coast that has bright yellow flowers in summer and fall.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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One set of bones turned out to be fake.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Sep. 2025
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And across industries, creators feel the same pressure to behave like machines, churn out more and feed the algorithm.—
Rod Yancy,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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Other channels churn out videos at a much higher rate, hoping to cash in on views.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
28 Aug. 2025
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If the blocking becomes solid, maybe things can work out long-term for Olave, who won often at Mission Hills and Ohio State.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Jake is the prototypical masculine husband, constantly working out and pressuring Maddie to start a family.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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And then in mid-October, Johnson is slated to propose his own budget, which will kick off a series of City Council hearings and likely weeks of negotiations between various factions on the council and the mayor’s office to hammer out a spending plan by the end of this calendar year.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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For a moment, there was optimism that a security guarantee could be hammered out.—
Alexander Gabuev,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 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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When interviewed by officers, Burns admitted to creating multiple social media accounts to distribute and receive child pornography, including files of prepubescent children, the release states.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Crank out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crank%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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