How to Use number cruncher in a Sentence

number cruncher

noun
  • The number crunchers in Washington are expecting a budget surplus by the fall.
  • There’s probably some number crunchers at the BAA asking the same thing right now.
    Shira Springer, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2018
  • The life of a 20-something Wall Street number cruncher has always been a grind, marked by marathon workweeks and menial tasks.
    David Benoit, WSJ, 3 July 2021
  • The opportunity to take on the thorniest problems is what lures these number crunchers, who have their pick of jobs in a wide range of sectors.
    John Detrixhe, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2019
  • If Barry is drawn into the case, the old number cruncher could feel more pressure to break from Donald Trump with the hope of protecting himself and his own child.
    Michael D'antonio, CNN, 25 May 2021
  • That will change Saturday, when the NBA's numbers crunchers get back to crunching numbers and signing off on the league-altering moves agreed upon these past two weeks.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 3 July 2019
  • Sian is an online marketer, number cruncher and business coach obsessed with helping owners crack the Growth Code for their business.
    Sian Lenegan, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • That was before the number crunchers figured out, with rare exceptions, there was no future in allowing a starting pitcher to go a third time through the batting order.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2018
  • Kudos to numbers cruncher Rob Pyers for digging through all the local election results and compiling the data.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Accounting Accounting may not be the most exciting profession in the world, but these cagy number crunchers are needed in a number of industries this fall.
    Michael Hoon, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2017
  • According to the number crunchers, all the Raiders need to gain the final playoff spot is a four-way tie with Buffalo, Miami and Tennessee, to hop on one foot, light seven candles and say the alphabet backward.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The director is appointed by Congress, but beyond that, staff members are career numbers crunchers.
    Justin Wolfers, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2017
  • No matter how exciting topics like procurement might be to number crunchers, the report notes that some high-profile topics, including national security, public safety and public health, are not on the list.
    Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2018
  • British number cruncher Ian Stewart successfully crosses over.
    Sarah Stanley, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2011

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