number cruncher

Example Sentences

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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

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

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2019

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

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2018