NOUN
- someone able to perform complex and lengthy calculations
- a computer capable of performing a large number of mathematical operations per second
How To Use number cruncher In A Sentence
- Accounting is the land of bean counters, of number crunchers - men and women with green eyeshades and calculators.
- Even a number cruncher like Tally admits it's a little scary, especially since she'll retire and Katie will go to college at around the same time.
- When the S&P called the Congressional Budget Office—Congress's number cruncher—it asked about the different projections, known as "baselines," that it uses to estimate the impact of policy decisions on future deficits. Downgrade Controversy Began With Single Phone Call
- Even a number cruncher like Tally admits it's a little scary, especially since she'll retire and Katie will go to college at around the same time.
- The industry is now run by number crunchers who could be marketing anything, because all that matters is the bottom line. Times, Sunday Times
- Call him an egg-head, number cruncher-in-chief or simply the stats man. Times, Sunday Times
- Worried number crunchers have been assured that this will only apply in the case of fraud but they are unconvinced. Times, Sunday Times
- Even if the recovery is under way, it may be some time before the official number crunchers confirm it.
- Even if the recovery is under way, it may be some time before the official number crunchers confirm it.
- She has been caricatured as a number cruncher with an alienating tendency to spout management jargon. Times, Sunday Times
