churn through

verb

churned through; churning through; churns through

transitive verb

: to proceed through, process, or deal with rapidly or steadily in a mechanical or seemingly mechanical way
He churned through Princeton in two years, working himself into a state of near exhaustion.Timothy Foote
For an aggressive trader who churns through 30 or 40 deals a day, the stakes mount quickly—along with the tensions.Michael Meyer

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Lawsuits have played a key role in slowing at least some of DOGE's churn through the federal bureaucracy. Ivana Saric, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025 In 2023, on the Hawaiian island of Maui, firefighters battling a wildfire found their hydrants running dry as flames churned through the community of Lahaina, killing 102 people in the country’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century. Tim Arango, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 Names will continue to churn through the rumor mill like an endless conveyor belt. Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 12 July 2024 California After a Christmas lull, towering waves will wallop California coast again Dec. 25, 2024 Still, that tsunami wasn’t as bad at the one that hit California in 2011, churning through Santa Cruz Harbor, pushing and bumping boats together, sinking at least 14 and damaging many others. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for churn through

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of churn through was in 1849

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“Churn through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/churn%20through. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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