as in to grind (out)
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Recent Examples of crank out
That’ll be easier than ever as brands continue to crank out shoes, bags, and outerwear all made with denim.
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Andrea Bossi, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
Grocery stores have been filled with people and even the slopes, kept snowy with machines that crank out the white fluffy stuff, are still drawing crowds.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
As Europop blasts from the speakers, the dancer performs cartwheels and backflips in the general vicinity of the robot, which at one point drops to the floor to crank out some push-ups.
—James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Advertisement The pair can crank out dozens of Granny videos a month by using AI throughout their workflow.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 18 Nov. 2025
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Andrea Bossi, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
Grocery stores have been filled with people and even the slopes, kept snowy with machines that crank out the white fluffy stuff, are still drawing crowds.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
As Europop blasts from the speakers, the dancer performs cartwheels and backflips in the general vicinity of the robot, which at one point drops to the floor to crank out some push-ups.
—James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Advertisement The pair can crank out dozens of Granny videos a month by using AI throughout their workflow.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 18 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crank out
Verb
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The unhinged left is still in its bubble and as crazy as ever while there are Maher types who now see how this ultimately will turn out at the polls.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Lusco was proud of the large number of people who turned out to help with the cleanup.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Software engineers, happy to oblige, will run multiple AI agents in the background at the same time, which can churn out code for hours on end — but accumulating significant costs on the backend.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
29 Apr. 2026
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Industrial composting sites—big, regionalized facilities that can churn out large volumes of organic waste—are designed to speed up the composting process using heat, moisture, and carbon control, things that a simple countertop compost container lacks.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Twenty lucid dreamers, including Bark-Huss, spent multiple nights in the lab, trying to work out puzzles in their sleep.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Not every sale works out like that, but Kahn has done well enough to make this his career.—
Jay Posner,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Instead, the lengthy review period affords the agency and Navy SEAL Museum San Diego time to hammer out lease terms that will require a future board vote.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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The House Ways and Means Committee — the final stop before a floor vote — discussed the proposal Monday, but did not advance it as the bill authors continue to hammer out some of the sticking points, which include whether or not there should be a law enforcement division within the agency.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Fred and Palmer can’t get their heads around what the rest of the Marsies are so worked up about, and Boyd has far bigger fish to fry because her freelance sleuthing in the space-suit checkout logs has revealed something terrible.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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The players looked worked up at times and the fans are nervous.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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August 23 – September 22 A smart adjustment today creates more momentum than effort.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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The barbs that President Barack Obama and Seth Meyers hurled at him created a political narrative that persists.—
Elahe Izadi,
Washington Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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