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  • 21Churn — Churn, Fluß, so v. w. Themse …

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  • 22Churn and burn — refers to a tactic used by large anti union businesses with high turnover in order to bust an already existent union in a given workplace. Churning refers to the management practice of filtering new workers based on their support of unionism. In… …

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  • 23churn — (n.) O.E. cyrin, from P.Gmc. *kernjon (Cf. O.N. kirna, Swed. kärna, Dan. kjerne, Du. karn, M.H.G. kern); probably akin to cyrnel kernel (see KERNEL (Cf. kernel)) and describing the grainy appearance of churned cream. The verb is attested from mid …

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  • 24churn something out — churn (something) out to produce something in large amounts and without much thought. Rosco churned out a book a year for 13 years and earned a lot of money doing it …

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  • 25churn out — churn (something) out to produce something in large amounts and without much thought. Rosco churned out a book a year for 13 years and earned a lot of money doing it …

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  • 26churn — [v] mix up, beat agitate, boil, bubble, convulse, ferment, foam, froth, jolt, moil, seethe, simmer, stir up, swirl, toss; concepts 147,170 …

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  • 27churn|ing — «CHUR nihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a) the stirring and shaking of milk or cream to produce butter. b) the quantity of butter produced at one time. 2. Figurative. a violent agitation of water or anything else. 3. Commerce. the practice of… …

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  • 28churn — ▪ I. churn churn 1 [tʆɜːn ǁ tʆɜːrn] noun [uncountable] MARKETING the number of customers who stop buying a service from a supplier in a particular period of time, either because they stop using the service or because they change to another… …

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  • 29churn — churn1 [tʃə:n US tʃə:rn] v 1.) if your stomach churns, you feel sick because you are nervous or frightened ▪ My stomach was churning on the day of the exam. 2.) [I and T] [i]also churn up if water, mud etc churns, or if something churns it, it… …

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  • 30churn out — verb 1. perform in a mechanical way • Topics: ↑music • Hypernyms: ↑perform, ↑execute, ↑do • Verb Frames: Somebody s something They will churn ou …

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