as in to grind (out)
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Recent Examples of crank out
Since then, whenever new tools to crank out communications have become available, somebody has flooded the zone with the fastest, most imitative material that could garner attention.
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Gary could crank out reports in seconds, summarize meetings, and even suggest marketing copy that was… well, not bad.
—Jj Rosen, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
Managers are using the tech to sift through thousands of applicants, and job candidates are leveraging the tools to crank out their cover letters as the job hunt turned into a numbers game.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Publishing is wobbling through the same churn as AI tools crank out disposable content at scale.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Gary could crank out reports in seconds, summarize meetings, and even suggest marketing copy that was… well, not bad.
—Jj Rosen, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
Managers are using the tech to sift through thousands of applicants, and job candidates are leveraging the tools to crank out their cover letters as the job hunt turned into a numbers game.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Publishing is wobbling through the same churn as AI tools crank out disposable content at scale.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crank out
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And that belief turns out to be one of the clearest indicators of leadership maturity.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Deal meets reality The reality, however, has turned out quite differently.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, educational institutions in India are continuing to churn out graduates, compounding the issue as jobs become scarcer.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
28 Jan. 2026
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Both teams still have the facilities to compete, and the Brewers, in particular, always find ways to churn out starting pitchers.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Anderson traveled to New York for a potential job that didn’t work out and had been working at a pizzeria before his arrest, the law enforcement source told CNN.—
Kara Scannell,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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Anderson had traveled to New York City for a job opportunity that did not work out and had been working in a pizzeria, according to that person.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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With mostly Republican states joining the program, details still need to be hammered out by the IRS about how exactly the dollar-for-dollar tax credit will operate.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
30 Jan. 2026
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But the single biggest obstacle to a deal — how long the DHS funding patch should last — was hammered out by late afternoon between Democrats and the White House.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Jan. 2026
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In a throwback to the pandemic, Kuhlman and his colleagues worked up the new program in a matter of days—but Valley View has none of the funding that poured into school districts during the COVID crisis.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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Why are people worked up about Nipah virus?—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
31 Jan. 2026
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As technology advanced and investment increased, developers took the groundwork laid by games like Elite and expanded it into some of the most ambitious and compelling video games ever created.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The show created by Levy and his son Dan about a wealthy family forced to live in a tiny town would dominate the Emmys in its sixth and final season.—
ANDREW DALTON,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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