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processor

[pros-es-er, proh-ses-] / ˈprɒs ɛs ər, ˈproʊ sɛs- /


NOUN
central processing unit
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Payments processor Block in February announced it was cutting nearly half of its staff, in a move Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said was due to AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In the end, the quantum processor was able to show how the crystal should behave.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Worthington Steel sank 15% after the steel processor reported that its third-quarter profit fell from a year ago as a tough macroeconomic environment weighs on demand.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Last April, the Commerce Department halted exports of the H20, a processor Nvidia designed especially for the China market, but reversed course in August.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Today he’d removed it from the control panel and shut down Festus the figurehead for maintenance—something about rewiring his processor for a motor-control upgrade with the sphere, whatever the heck that meant.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan