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crunch

noun as in crucial point

verb as in grind, chew

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Cinnamon sugar on top adds crunch, a tactile punctuation mark that makes every bite feel deliberate.

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The number is notable because Alphabet designed the chips for internal use, but its success with them — plus the global crunch for more computing power — has sparked external interest.

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With the city still in a budget crunch, the outlook for the LAFD’s request is unclear.

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"Especially on the short week, you've got to move forward, got to get on your film, got to find a way to crunch five days into two or three days."

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So, the tense process of the Treasury waiting on every bit of number crunching from the OBR will happen only in the run up to a full Budget.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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