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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

For this week's show we asked Richard Hughes - the country's number cruncher in chief who runs the independent Office for Budget Responsibility - how he would answer that big question.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2023

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

“Our number cruncher is on vacay,” said another.

From New York Times Aug. 28, 2018

Whether you were a tree-hugger or a number cruncher, Saumweber reasoned, this was not good.

From The Guardian Nov. 24, 2012




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