churn out

verb

churned out; churning out; churns out

transitive verb

: to produce mechanically or copiously : grind out
the usual pap which has been churned out about this superstarW. S. Murphy

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Herbert and his son have churned out 23 since 1965, of varying quality, so there’s a lot more under the shifting sands. Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024 Their back-and-forth continued throughout the summer as the rappers churned out track after track. Angela Yang, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024 But a writer holed up in a room for hours on end, furiously chewing through pack after pack of gum while churning out page after page — pausing to rearrange sections, fussing over adjectives — does not compelling stagecraft make. Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024 To bolster their authority, white southern men and women churned out a flood of publications—memoirs of pre-Civil War experiences, history books and articles, novels, short stories, poems, and speeches—delivering a very pernicious message: that slave life generally was enjoyable and healthy. Robert E. May / Made By History, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for churn out 

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of churn out was in 1876

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“Churn out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/churn%20out. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.

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