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How to pronounce “churn”

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Pronunciation guide for churn

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of churn with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young 35 minutes,You need churn.
Definition summary: (transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.

Example 1 of 8

Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young 35 minutes,

You need churn.

[Verb]
(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
(transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
(intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
(business, of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.
(informal, travel, aviation) To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
(US, informal, finance, travel) To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
(finance) To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is.
[Noun]
A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
A milk churn (container for the transportation of milk).
(business, uncountable) Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
(telecommunications) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
(telecommunications) The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.
(historical) The last grain cut at harvest; kern.

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