CRANKED OUT Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

cranked out

verb

past tense of crank out

as in worked up

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He feels emotionally ambushed, and what plays out is as if Marriage Story were an absolute chucklefest, as Lestat gets increasingly worked up and jealous over Louis’s relationships with other men.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 June 2026
Church’s numinous-sun-over-still-water routine had begun to look a bit like a shtick, equally applicable to scenes of the Hudson or those worked up from 20-year-old sketches of South America.

— Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026

Definition of worked up

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Since March, of the 81 people his team had interviewed for their latest study in San Diego, eight of them turned out to have active syphilis.

— Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026
Grande claims the highest debut in America during what has turned out to be a relatively quiet frame for new albums.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of turned out

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In the meantime, Silver anticipates that a flurry of one-and-done provisional arrangements will be hammered out before the new campaign tips off in October.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 July 2026
If implemented, the framework agreement hammered out between Lebanon and Israel in June 2026 could serve as the most consequential agreement between the two countries in nearly 80 years.

— Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

Definition of hammered out

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Amazon’s willingness to take TNF off the hands of Fox (which subsequently opted out of the final season of its deal) worked out in everyone’s favor, but no Big Tech player has yet to commandeer a package of similar import.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026
The Newsoms paid between $518,000 and $873,000 in taxes per year, which worked out to a federal income tax rate of 30% to 35% per year, according to his office.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of worked out

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Tectonic movement also created today's Central Valley, a highly productive agricultural area that was once part of the ocean, then an inland sea, and then a freshwater lake, Lozos said.

— Rong-Gong Lin II Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026
In the first week of spring training in February, when the first-year manager wanted to raise the topic of how news of his hiring had broken, his attempt to set the record straight only created further confusion for some.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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