number cruncher
noun
1
: a computer that performs fast numerical calculations especially on large amounts of data
2
: a person concerned with numerical data (such as statistics)
number crunching
noun
Examples of number cruncher in a Sentence
The number crunchers in Washington are expecting a budget surplus by the fall.
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Like some of his Soviet predecessors, Putin seems to be wagering that huge military expenditures, managed by economic number crunchers, can save, rather than bankrupt, the country.
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2024
He’s considered the club’s expert number cruncher, analyzing each player card for any possible advantage.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
And good number crunchers are sometimes bad exascale sifters.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2010
The office — the Legislature’s own highly respected number cruncher — issued a much more pessimistic forecast.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2024
He’s considered the club’s expert number cruncher, analyzing each player card for any possible advantage.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
And good number crunchers are sometimes bad exascale sifters.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2010
The office — the Legislature’s own highly respected number cruncher — issued a much more pessimistic forecast.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Number cruncher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/number%20cruncher. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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