Example Sentences

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Developers were cranking out new senior-housing supply, but occupancy was eroding as move-in ages crept higher and a wave of “aging-in-place” technologies made it easier for seniors to remain at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

It's a stark contrast with a year ago when central banks were cranking up the printing presses.

From Reuters • Dec. 20, 2021

“It’s really a Spielberg/Lucas film for those that were too young for when those directors were cranking out their most iconic films. Stranger Things led the way.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 14, 2017

“It wasn’t like they were cranking out TV and movie stars, so people were just doing it for the art form,” she told me.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2016

Within an hour after you left they had it assembled and were cranking out S O S signals.

From The Space Rover by Sloat, Edwin K.