number cruncher
noun
1
: a computer that performs fast numerical calculations especially on large amounts of data
2
: a person concerned with numerical data (such as statistics)
number crunching
noun
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The number crunchers in Washington are expecting a budget surplus by the fall.
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Like other federal agencies, the Labor Department has furloughed the number crunchers who assemble the report, so it won't be released until the government shutdown is resolved.
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Scott Horsley, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
The tastemakers gave way to the number crunchers, and now the number crunchers are sending the TV channels off to the vultures.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
Census number crunchers estimate that builders constructed 18,000 new housing units in Collin last year, the fifth largest countywide supply increase in the country; in Texas, only Harris and Travis counties built more.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
More records cascaded down as the number crunchers had a field day in updating the IPL log books.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Scott Horsley, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
The tastemakers gave way to the number crunchers, and now the number crunchers are sending the TV channels off to the vultures.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
Census number crunchers estimate that builders constructed 18,000 new housing units in Collin last year, the fifth largest countywide supply increase in the country; in Texas, only Harris and Travis counties built more.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
More records cascaded down as the number crunchers had a field day in updating the IPL log books.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Number cruncher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/number%20cruncher. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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