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number cruncher

[nuhm-ber-kruhn-cher] / ˈnʌm bərˌkrʌn tʃər /


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The office — the Legislature’s own highly respected number cruncher — issued a much more pessimistic forecast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

You’re trying to do things as efficiently as possible and I don’t think there’s a lot of appreciation for the benefit that even someone like an Excel number cruncher could have in the organization.

From The Verge ● Mar. 23, 2021

Future visitors to the moon can look for “Crater Poppy”, named after number cruncher Frances “Poppy” Northcutt.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2019

People who have worked for Bob Weinstein, a twice-divorced father of four and avid New York Jets fan, describe him as a number cruncher.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2017

Mild-mannered number cruncher John Curtice, who was on the BBC's TV election special through the night, emerged as a social media star on election night.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2017


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