number crunching

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Noun
  • Move forward a few decades, and no one bats an eye at someone using Excel to perform calculations.
    John Schneider, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • That amounts to about 18% of employer establishments in the state, based on calculations using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Here’s what the math on that decision could look like, theoretically: Long-term in 2025 option Marner signs next week for seven years around $13 million, which equates to $91 million.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • The math isn’t mathing, though—especially now that the same team is working with Shamea, Kelli’s new BFF.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • That's the arithmetic that prompted Moody's to cut its rating on U.S. debt, from its top rating of Aaa to Aa1.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 19 May 2025
  • So doing the work is the arithmetic, and AI is the algebra, intelligence leverages are the calculus.
    John Werner, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Number crunching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number%20crunching. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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