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as in shortage
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
a severe energy crunch that resulted in long lines at the gas pumps
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as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
a player who's always good in a crunch, like when we need a goal to win the soccer match
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Recent Examples of crunch
Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the current investment plan stems from those crunch talks.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Excel includes Dynamic Data Handling for faster, more flexible number crunching, and filtering has been improved, too.
—PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noun
English cucumbers, red bell peppers, onion, and cauliflower: The base of the pickle, these vegetables provide contrasting textures and lots of crunch.
—Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the current investment plan stems from those crunch talks.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
The company's Pentagon contracts are primarily to design AI systems that crunch large amounts of data to come up with potential strike targets.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Excel includes Dynamic Data Handling for faster, more flexible number crunching, and filtering has been improved, too.
—PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crunch
Noun
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There is a solution already before Congress: the End Kidney Deaths Act (H.R. 2687), a bipartisan bill that could finally end the kidney shortage.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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Left unaddressed, this could deepen the motherhood penalty and contribute to workforce shortages of women.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Tyler's insistence on the latter set the precedent for all future presidential crises.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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George, the Walter family patriarch, is facing a medical crisis.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Just over two hours east of San Diego and 15 miles north of the Mexican border town of Mexicali, El Centro has both grit and charm.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Aug. 2025
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Traders can use that as their pivot point while longer-term investors may want to just grit their teeth and live through it — a decline like that would only make the dividend yield even more juicy.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
4 Aug. 2025
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To Flores' family and outreach groups, the lack of urgency sends a troubling message: missing unhoused people aren't a priority.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Whitmer's lawyers argued in response that those who brought the lawsuit lack standing and that Michigan law doesn't impose a deadline on the governor for calling a special election.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.—
John Roach,
NOLA.com,
19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.—
J. Harry Jones,
Ramona Sentinel,
19 July 2017
Verb
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There are 617 McDonald's restaurants in Ohio, according to the web scraping tool ScrapeHero.—
Alex Perry,
The Enquirer,
23 Aug. 2025
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Now, faced with the threat of homelessness and the possibility that Kenny could be taken into state care, Lynette is left alone to scrape together $25,000 by the following morning.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Staring at his Zoom camera, Welles scratches his head and remains silent for 20 seconds.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
21 Aug. 2025
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According to team officials, Hayes was scratched for rest reasons while Zandalasini was ruled out with tightness in her left calf.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Crunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crunch. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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