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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Nuclear fusion deep inside these stars was churning out the very first starlight of the cosmos. Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025 Knowing this, marketers and content creators churn out more and more content, using AI of course. Nataliya Andreychuk, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 The producer in Sullivan’s Travels (1941) wants the idealistic director to keep churning out variations on Ants in Your Pants of 1938, the producer in Sunset Blvd. Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025 But the prolific writer-director’s latest provides an illustration of how the genre became somewhat fossilized via formulaic writing and overexposure even before 1950s television began churning out Western content in bulk. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025 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 May. 2025.

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