as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
he did a little number crunching and made an offer on the house
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Noun
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Her son simply made a statistical calculation based on probability theory and realized that the odds of both lunches being wrong were considerably different from the odds of a single order getting messed up.—
Rob Long,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025 -
What initiatives, clients, and/or offerings weigh the most in your performance evaluation, raise and bonus calculations and promotion decisions?—
Caroline Ceniza-Levine,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Ukraine’s own heavy losses could alter the casualty math.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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But GPUs had a knack for running the math that powers what are known as neural networks, which can learn skills by analyzing large amounts of data.—
Cade Metz,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This particular bump, as opposed to the previous ones in NBA history, is not driven by simple arithmetic.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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There was unusual arithmetic that needed to be considered.—
Nick Kosmider,
The Athletic,
28 Dec. 2024
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“Number crunching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number%20crunching. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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