Example Sentences

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What is the real value of the limited series that streamers have been cranking out?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2023

But in recent decades, humans have been cranking up the volume, blasting waters with noise from shipping, oil and gas exploration and military operations.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

Sewing and quilting experts have been cranking out dozens of cotton medical masks for hospitals.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2020

Banks and their lawyers have been cranking out paperwork faster than anyone could properly review it, and they are often making mistakes.

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2010

Most of this $382 billion consists of weapons systems—combatant ships, fighter jets, submarines, heavy armored vehicles—that the individual branches of the military have been cranking out for decades.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2010