cruncher

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Recent Examples of cruncher 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 For decades now, researchers have been trying to get computers to behave like artificial brains instead of merely binary data crunchers. IEEE Spectrum, 4 Apr. 2013 See All Example Sentences for cruncher
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Noun
  • In Labour circles, there is an old joke poking fun at Burnham’s chameleon-like ability to blend into whichever set of ideas is in vogue on the left at that moment in time.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
  • Maybe jump the fence over to his left and get out of dodge.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • The 24-year-old will catch and bat fourth in his season debut against the Guardians, returning from hamstring and knee injuries originally suffered in the World Baseball Classic.
    Jori Parys, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • The most vulnerable area for injury in a growing body is the growth area, and that includes where tendons attach to bone, like in the knee.
    Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Magomedov’s rare twister submission in 77 seconds and Chokheli’s 23-second leg-kick blitz were the standout grappling and striking clips.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • McTominay, whose iconic bicycle kick against Denmark was the defining goal of Scotland’s World Cup qualifying campaign, threatened multiple times past the 80th minute but couldn’t convert.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • His far-right allies are openly advocating for a more permanent presence and continued operations.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • What specifically might these legal rights and protections look like?
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Olivia Rodrigo is a student of Love and her ilk who has been riding high off the one-two punch of 2021’s Sour and 2023’s Guts, chart-toppers dually indebted to modern pop and ’90s grunge.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 June 2026
  • And the one-two punch of these comparatively low-budget horror movies wiping the floor with their IP-heavy competition (The Mandalorian and Grogu, Masters of the Universe) over several early-summer weekends is the development that’s now sparked a million think pieces.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Crews quickly established hose lines on the roof and contained the blaze to a portion of the solar panels atop the structure, achieving knockdown in 48 minutes with no injuries reported, the Fire Department said at the time.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Rodriguez dropped Vargas in the fifth round, the knockdown that flipped a competitive contest, then closed the show a round later to seal his three-division milestone.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Canada’s 6-0 thrashing of Qatar in its second FIFA World Cup match would’ve been perfect on Thursday afternoon if not for an injury to Ismaël Koné that can only be described as horrifying.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • Despite Norway being eliminated after the group stage, Haaland was the tournament’s top scorer – with all nine of his goals coming in a 12-0 thrashing of Honduras.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • But for Sean Buchan, a co-owner of Cerebral Brewing, the Aurora phase could amount to a second economic body blow.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 11 May 2026
  • The defeat was a significant body blow to Arsenal’s aspirations, but City’s 1-0 victory over Burnley can strangely be viewed in a positive light for them.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026

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“Cruncher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruncher. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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