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• But the more researchers crunch the numbers, the more this period is looking like the 1970s.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2022
• There’s also a new Number Pad, that provides a Bluetooth pad to key punch and crunch numbers with.
  — Jason Cipriani, CNN Underscored, 1 Oct. 2020
• But crunch the numbers and this equates to something on the order of 3 minutes per driver, per day, and that’s if TxDOT’s rather outlandish estimates for road usage are accurate.
  — Dallas News, 9 June 2022
• With the new system, officials no longer have to pause the system to tally votes, which meant tabulators had to stop counting ballots to crunch numbers every four hours.
  — Rob O'Dell, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2020
• Some do not have certified public accountants on staff and rely instead on lawyers, offshore workers or software to crunch the numbers.
  — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 26 May 2023
• The former Aspen city councilman and onetime financial trader sat down and began to crunch numbers on the farthest right and farthest left politicians in the country.
  — Elizabeth Findell, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
• Nonetheless, Yocom and other experts said public and non-profit groups have begun to crunch the numbers and demonstrate to the public just how detrimental gun violence is to their lives.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2021
• As a kid, Darlene Cavalier was more interested in cheerleading and dancing than in learning how to crunch numbers and snag awards at science fairs.
  — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2022
• Pick your favorite guideline, such as the 4% rule, and crunch the numbers with the help of an online retirement calculator, or consult a financial advisor.
  — Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 9 Oct. 2023
• People got wind of it and started it a week later, a month later — there was some ovulation participation going on and Buckley was starting to crunch the numbers.
  — Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• The chief financial officer and accounting team may crunch the numbers and determine that senior employees will be culled.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• The next step is to actually crunch the numbers, and then to grapple with the moral implications of a hypothetically conscious universe.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022
• But political analysts are trying to crunch the numbers.
  — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
• But despite the high-wattage cast and McKay’s enviable track record, the project is facing some headwinds at studios, with several having already passed on it while others are taking their time to crunch numbers.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
• Supporters say those claims are misleading, and that large public companies will likely rely on consultants to crunch the numbers.
  — Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2022
• But a new study published this week in Scientific Reportssuggests there’s more to coding competency than the ability to crunch numbers.
  — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2020
• There are many ways to crunch the numbers, and the only way to know a person’s final price after subsidies are included is to take income and family situation into account.
  — Ariel Hart, ajc, 1 Dec. 2021
• If stats are your things, actuaries crunch numbers to assess risks for businesses like insurance companies.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2020
• Data analysts get police reports on shootings early each morning and crunch the numbers ahead of a daily meeting between federal agents, local police and prosecutors.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
• The company used 14 metrics to crunch numbers across four categories: employment, housing, social assistance and healthcare, and economic stability.
  — Dallas News, 18 Oct. 2022
• The promises are astounding -- the ability to simulate complicated physical and chemical processes and crunch numbers quicker than any supercomputer.
  — Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2021
• Microsoft’s Copilot service integrates into its ubiquitous Microsoft 365 software suite, using generative AI to more efficiently compose emails, summarize documents or crunch numbers.
  — Jackie Davalos, Fortune, 31 July 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024