crank out
verb
cranked out; cranking out; cranks out
: to produce especially in a mechanical manner
crank out a manuscript
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By 1998, Vassar signed a record deal with Arista Records and began cranking out No. 1 songs as an artist in his own right.
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Pam Windsor, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
To get around this as well as speed up production, Core Power plans to use Generation 4 reactor design combined with conventional modular shipbuilding methods to crank out floating nuclear plants on an assembly line basis.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
What would stop us, for example from performing the equivalent of a baseball player nonchalantly flipping his bat 10 feet into the air after belting a home run or a basketball player slamming a dunk and hanging on the rim to crank out some pull-ups?
—Bob Brody, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
For example, new builds are cheaper than existing homes in Austin, Texas, where builders have cranked out more (relatively) affordable inventory.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
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Pam Windsor, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
To get around this as well as speed up production, Core Power plans to use Generation 4 reactor design combined with conventional modular shipbuilding methods to crank out floating nuclear plants on an assembly line basis.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
What would stop us, for example from performing the equivalent of a baseball player nonchalantly flipping his bat 10 feet into the air after belting a home run or a basketball player slamming a dunk and hanging on the rim to crank out some pull-ups?
—Bob Brody, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
For example, new builds are cheaper than existing homes in Austin, Texas, where builders have cranked out more (relatively) affordable inventory.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Crank out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crank%20out. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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