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churn out

British  

verb

  1. to produce (something) at a rapid rate

    to churn out ideas

  2. to perform (something) mechanically

    to churn out a song

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

churn out Idioms  
  1. Produce in an abundant and automatic manner, as in He churned out a novel every six months. This idiom transfers the turning of milk into butter to other kinds of production. [Early 1900s]


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Recruiters and HR offices are swamped with applications that people churn out with job-search platforms and AI agents.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Today, producers are concentrated in the eastern provinces of Shandong and Anhui, where farmers churn out thousands of tons of foie gras by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Vulcan, which at the time had fewer than 50 employees, said it would use the windfall to build a large new facility that would churn out thousands of tons of magnets a year.

From Salon May 31, 2026

The auto maker has even stopped making its Model S and X electric vehicles to churn out robots at its plant in Fremont, California.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

Then we went to people being able to churn out digital content on their PCs, which they transmitted around the Internet, thanks to standardized protocols, collaborating with anyone anywhere.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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