cruncher

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Recent Examples of cruncher The data crunchers at LinkedIn have noticed a similar trend, prompting one of its executives to claim the bottom rung of the career ladder was breaking. — Mike Burbach, Twin Cities, 11 June 2025 Plus every radio station and local television channel is broadcasting an equally grateful ad, commemorating this previously unheralded, unheard-of cruncher of numbers? — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025 Near the end of February, the White House announced that a relatively low-profile health care data cruncher with a passion for simplifying access to electronic medical records had been named DOGE’s acting administrator. — Richie Duchon, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025 The designers and data crunchers of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 operation also had a hand in perfecting INEOS’s 75-foot foiling vessel, as much a flying object as a boat. — George Allen, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cruncher
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cruncher
Noun
  • Le Pen’s already insurgent brand of nationalist, law-and-order politics is finding little meaningful opposition from the left or center.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
  • All of this plum pickings for politicians on the left and right.
    — Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The reporter inquired, specifically, which knee Young was getting treatment on because the injury report didn’t clarify that.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The Avalanche captain missed more than three seasons following major right knee surgery.
    — CBS New York Team, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In one of the great oddities of Kansas football history, defensive end Blake Herold blocked a pair of Baylor extra-point kicks Saturday — only to watch both balls still split the uprights for two visitor points.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In the opposite corner of the ring, Evloev is a freestyle fighter, getting a bunch of different kicks and punches to give him the edge.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Marketed under the brand name Keytruda, pembrolizumab is considered to be something of a wonder drug in its own right, with just 30% of patients relapsing in the first two years of treatment.
    — Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Machado left Venezuela in December for Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, which she was awarded for promoting democratic rights in her country.
    — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • And she’s now set to end the year with another headspinning one-two punch.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The offense continues to shine with the one-two punch of Hawkins and Cook.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • That could be a permanent uphill battle unless Fox, Castle and/or Harper can be a legit knockdown deep shooter in the playoffs.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The fines come a month after firefighters declared an official knockdown of the stubborn warehouse blaze, which sent thick smoke into the surrounding neighborhoods and across Southern California.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • Higher still, Kerr led me up a steep groove that demanded such vicious thrashing and groveling that my whole body hurt.
    — Daniel Duane, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The world’s richest person, MAGA donor, chainsaw waver, baby daddy and would-be Mars colonizer takes a thrashing.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The deaths from the World Trade Center marked a huge body blow to Rockville Centre, which suffered more losses than many other communities in the tri-state area.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Shelton on the front foot, chasing Alcaraz around the court with body blow serves and driving strokes into the corners, getting the early break again.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Cruncher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruncher. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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