churning

[chur-ning]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that churns.

2. the butter made at any one time.

churning

/ ˈtʃɜːnɪŋ /

noun

1. the quantity of butter churned at any one time

2. the act, process, or effect of someone or something that churns

Word History and Origins

Origin of churning¹

First recorded in 1400–50, churning is from the late Middle English word chyrnynge. See churn, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

He also learned early at Amazon the importance of focus for an organization, especially when his inventor mind was busy churning out new ideas.

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With all that gas and dust churning around from these galaxy interactions, the galaxies’ central black holes had plenty to eat, creating quasars!

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Rather than churning out content, TKO’s ambition is to create “a great user experience” and he cites the example of Tiger Woods when he first began playing golf, and people clapped when he won.

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In a lab in a renovated warehouse on the banks of a churning, brown river in Belém, Brazil, machines are pulping candidates for the next global "superfood".

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Once I noticed that the supermarket where I shop was churning out generic cornball Walmart country music to a staff that consisted almost entirely of Hispanic women.

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