crank
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There are limits on how much power each company can draw from the public power grid so fast-growing industries can’t just crank up their consumption whenever they want.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
They crank up jump shots and drill go-to moves over and over in empty gyms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
It’s why we produce many times more food with far fewer farmers than 150 years ago and our factories crank out more products with a smaller workforce than in 1979.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Though Americans crank up the thermostat every winter, price increases for electricity and gas utility bills were not as sharp at the same point last year.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026
She would then feed the clothes into the rollers and turn the crank to squeeze the excess water out so that she could hang the clothes on the line to dry.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing crank
Mechanical Engineering
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Civil Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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