as in to grind (out)
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Recent Examples of crank out
Now in Damascus, in what was once an Assad stronghold, printers regularly crank out thousands of flags.
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Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025
Kia is also under the HMG umbrella, cranking out hit after hit like the Telluride and Sorento.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Evans cranked out 414 homers from 1969 until 1989, drawing nearly 200 more walks than strikeouts for the Braves, Giants and Tigers.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Other songwriters and musical fads came and went, but Sheeran continued to crank out ubiquitous hits, sometimes writing them on his own—a rarity in an era of ballooning songwriter credits.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
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Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025
Kia is also under the HMG umbrella, cranking out hit after hit like the Telluride and Sorento.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Evans cranked out 414 homers from 1969 until 1989, drawing nearly 200 more walks than strikeouts for the Braves, Giants and Tigers.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Other songwriters and musical fads came and went, but Sheeran continued to crank out ubiquitous hits, sometimes writing them on his own—a rarity in an era of ballooning songwriter credits.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crank out
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Project Butterly turned out to be a mission to save Earth from an alien species of parasitic butterfly-like creatures who took over human bodies.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2025
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That government agency turned out to be Los Angeles County, which last month agreed to pay $4 billion to settle some 6,800 abuse claims filed by former residents of its emergency children’s shelter, juvenile halls and foster homes.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 May 2025
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Nuclear plants including Palo Verde generate nearly one-fifth of the nation’s electricity, churning out 24/7, emissions-free power.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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In my grandparents’ 1979 beach condo, the kitchen’s buttery laminate flooring set a sunny tone for all the magic my grandmother churned out: cubes of sugary, melt-in-your-mouth fudge; piles of perfectly prepared crab legs; and pots upon pots of her famous hot dog chili.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
14 May 2025
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As the project is still in the very early stages, deals are still being worked out and no network or streamer is attached.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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That works out to an audience of 117,750 people per screen, compared to around 15,000 people per screen in China and South Korea and 9,000 in the U.S, making Indonesia significantly under-screened.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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That set off a roughly two-year struggle to hammer out the complex details of how that would work, even as legal challenges poured in.—
Lolita C. Baldor,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Today, standards bodies from ISO 20022 working groups to the BIS’s Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures are hammering out privacy, messaging, and liquidity templates for CBDCs.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Related article Falling asleep to your favorite show doesn’t have to ruin your sleep, experts say Your problem-solving, listening and reasoning skills, which are all necessary for effective communication, can take a hit too, especially if you’re really worked up.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
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Part of the audition process assigned singers to work up cover versions as a group.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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The proprietary process recovers up to 98 percent of critical metals while minimizing contaminants, creating a ready feedstock for downstream refiners.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Once again, Marner couldn’t create enough (anything?) for Matthews or himself.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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“Crank out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crank%20out. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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