as in to grind (out)
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Recent Examples of crank out
Netflix was lightyears ahead of the competition for streaming, and its years of cranking out content earned it the right to ask customers to finally start playing by the rules.
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
That’s vital when, as Beckerman noted, CMOs that might have once been responsible for producing 1000 different pieces of content might now have to crank out 50,000.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
But Beijing is currently expanding the capacity of its Bohai Shipyard to crank out a new class of ballistic missile submarines.
—Kyle Balzer, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
On the other hand, Australia might enjoy a little more rain and crank out a few more loaves of bread per year.
—Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
That’s vital when, as Beckerman noted, CMOs that might have once been responsible for producing 1000 different pieces of content might now have to crank out 50,000.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
But Beijing is currently expanding the capacity of its Bohai Shipyard to crank out a new class of ballistic missile submarines.
—Kyle Balzer, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
On the other hand, Australia might enjoy a little more rain and crank out a few more loaves of bread per year.
—Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
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In the stadium, just a trickle of fans turned out for the match, which ended in a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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But that isn’t to say jolting awake shortly after turning out the lights is cause to schedule an MRI scan.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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Four generations later, Graeter's is churning out 1.3 million gallons of ice cream a year and selling deliciousness in 6,000 grocery stores nationwide and 55 scoop shops in nine states.Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
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Cable networks still churn out millions in profits for media giants, who then use those profits to fund their streaming ambitions.Tim Baysinger, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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Kurzel deliberately worked out the schedule so the two actors could be kept apart until that confrontation, bringing an extra charge to the moment as their characters size each other up.Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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The timing worked out perfectly: for more than six months leading up until then, Bear had been trying to get gigs scoring projects but had been striking out.Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 27 Nov. 2024
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However, organizers of the film festival ensured that Pitt and Jolie didn't have to interact at the event hile the two are feuding over ownership of Château Miraval and still hammering out details of their divorce.Ashley Hume, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2024
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The tech giant helmed by Mark Zuckerberg was in the process of hammering out a deal with the operator of a nuclear power plant that would have provided electricity for a new data center.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Unless Josh finally works up the courage to take his crush on Bananas to the next level.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Death Becomes Her, the new musical adaptation of the 1992 comedy fantasy film, worked up some Broadway magic in its second week since beginning performances at the Lunt-Fontanne, grossing an impressive $1,073,018 for seven previews and filling 98% of the venue’s seats.Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Interaction Design Institute in Turin, Italy, created Arduino in 2005 to provide people of all ages with an easy, inexpensive way to build electronic devices and control them with rudimentary code.Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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The precursor to the Constitution and replaced by that document, the Articles of Confederation created the framework of a federal government while preserving the sovereignty of the states. 1920: The first meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations took place in Geneva, Switzerland.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Crank out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crank%20out. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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