cruncher

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Recent Examples of cruncher Plus every radio station and local television channel is broadcasting an equally grateful ad, commemorating this previously unheralded, unheard-of cruncher of numbers? David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025 Near the end of February, the White House announced that a relatively low-profile health care data cruncher with a passion for simplifying access to electronic medical records had been named DOGE’s acting administrator. Richie Duchon, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025 The designers and data crunchers of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 operation also had a hand in perfecting INEOS’s 75-foot foiling vessel, as much a flying object as a boat. George Allen, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024 For decades now, researchers have been trying to get computers to behave like artificial brains instead of merely binary data crunchers. IEEE Spectrum, 4 Apr. 2013 See All Example Sentences for cruncher
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Noun
  • Alan Roden then drilled a two run double over Ronny Simon’s head in left that plated both runners giving the Saints a 9-7 lead.
    Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The 6-foot-5 Fundora (24-1-1, 16 knockouts) used his nine-inch height and reach advantage to pepper Thurman (31-2, 23 KOs) with a series of hard lefts and combinations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • All-Star Jalen Duren was out with a right knee injury and Tobias Harris and Duncan Robinson were out with right hip injuries.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Ivey was previously sidelined due to a knee injury before the release, too.
    Matthew Davis, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The small green shrubs growing around Rock Corral Canyon produce a fiery red fruit with a spicy kick.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Each bike has several levels of assist, but all of them have a kick if you’re not used to the power.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The farmworkers' rights movement has always been powered by courage, by people willing to endure, to speak out, to demand dignity in the face of injustice.
    Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That ruling led Williams to testify in his own defense, waiving his Fifth Amendment right and opening the door to introduce Franois’s statements in court.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Investors are understandably concerned about stagflation delivering a one-two punch to consumer spending.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The rotation conversation has often overshadowed the team’s investment in Raisel Iglesias and Robert Suarez, who could make a case for the sport’s best one-two reliever punch.
    Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • After both players helmets got knocked off, Kastelic scored the knockdown with an overhand right.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • O’Brien’s words echoed the taunts that the two had thrown back and forth at each other in an actual Senate hearing that almost ended in a knockdown, drag-out fight.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But because this is a derby, we’re supposed to believe this latest thrashing is a statement.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Carrington, who converted a program-record nine 3-pointers in a 90-73 thrashing at Washington on Saturday, was 4 of 8 behind the arc, and sophomore power forward Austin Rapp as 3 of 6.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The image of Pages making the catch, as Kiké Hernandez absorbs a body blow, is already seared into Dodgers lore.
    Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Jaxson Hayes delivered the final body blow, throwing down an Eastbay dunk in transition after stealing the ball from Josh Giddey to put the Lakers up by 14 with just under three minutes remaining.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026

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“Cruncher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruncher. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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