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cruncher

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as in left

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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

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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

Definition of left

Noun

On the other, evidence suggests this pair of habitual time-wasters were commonly found on the floor, running laughter through a Yamaha SPX90 effects processor for kicks and strumming the same note for 40-odd minutes.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
After Matthew Smith blocked Michigan State’s 33-yard field-goal attempt by Liam Boyd, Chiles drove the Wildcats 64 yards in eight plays to set up the winning kick.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

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Many of his domestic critics have faulted him for prolonging the war in Gaza to appease his far-right allies, and for permitting ultra-Orthodox Jews to forgo military service to appease that sizable religious voter bloc.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Ellison fils’s most high-profile hiring decision was to enlist Bari Weiss—the former Times Opinion editor and founder of the center-right publication The Free Press—as editor-in-chief of CBS News.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of right

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

Definition of knockdown

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

Definition of thrashing

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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