number cruncher
Example Sentences
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"Friedman may have been an accomplished number-cruncher, but when it came to social issues, he was a crackpot," said Carol Corbett Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education.
From Salon • Sep. 10, 2022
Former leader and ardent number-cruncher David Ford told me at the party's annual conference in March he believes Alliance will make "at least three gains".
From BBC • May 2, 2022
The real answer, the one I believe any mathematician, physicist, engineer, other number-cruncher would tell you is to make sure your expressions aren’t ambiguous.
From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2019
That means those estimates can get out of date, said Rick Foster, Medicare's former chief actuary, or top number-cruncher.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2018
That means those estimates can get out-of-date, said Rick Foster, Medicare’s former chief actuary, or top number-cruncher.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2018
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
