cruncher

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Recent Examples of cruncher Give the ice cruncher in your life the gift of their favorite ice shape, the crunchiest of all, with this countertop ice-making machine. Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023 Yet – and here’s the cruncher – Singer herself has not been afforded the solid foundation on which her works stands. Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 But every year brings at least one major electoral upset that shocks the pundits and data-crunchers, and there’s still a lot that could go wrong for Reeves this year to increase Presley’s chances of being that unicorn. William Browning, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2023 With Halston now beholden to a number-cruncher who doesn’t care for elaborate orchid displays and declarations that food shipped from the Olympic Tower office to Montauk counts as a business expense, this relationship will not go as breezily as the one with David. Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 15 May 2021 See all Example Sentences for cruncher 
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Noun
  • While scrambling to his left on a third-and-11 snap in the first quarter, Mahomes saw linebacker Patrick Queen shove Perine to the turf, leaving the veteran rolling on his back.
    Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Israeli forces will pull back from many areas, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be able to return to what’s left of their homes, and there would be a surge of humanitarian assistance.
    Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Leonard missed the first 34 games of the season because of right knee inflammation.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Plenty of Miami’s struggles running the ball can be blamed on the struggles of the offensive line, especially after Austin Jackson was shelved by his knee injury after eight games.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Finding Nemo-ready tropical fish dart in aquarium-clear waters an easy snorkel kick from shore.
    Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Pereira let his opponent, Khalil Rountree Jr, tire himself out in the early going of the fight while simultaneously slowing him with powerful kicks to Rountree's lead leg.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Quarterback Lamar Jackson was having the best season of his career, forming arguably the game’s most lethal one-two punch with running back Derrick Henry.
    Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The savvy one-two averted a critical loss near the goal line.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Kopylov nailed Curtis with a head kick that scored a knockdown.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • After sneaking up on Jamie at his house, Beth and her estranged brother have a bloody, knockdown brawl.
    William Earl, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Image One monarchy survived — and as remarkable as that survival is the fact that for 133 of the last 200 years England has been ruled by two queens regnant, women who inherited the throne in their own right.
    Geoffrey Wheatcroft, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • But a square hole at bottom right reveals a middle-aged couple in the distance, dressed in dark business suits.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Nurmagomedov earned Saturday’s opportunity by way of a five-round unanimous-decision thrashing of former interim title challenger Cory Sandhagen in August.
    Brian Martin, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The Chargers will need to go back to the drawing board to determine what went wrong in their thrashing by the Texans.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And losing a place where people can hear or perform live music is a body blow to the vibrancy everyone seems to want downtown.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • All of which meant that when economists gathered in San Francisco this month for the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, there was a sense that their famous confidence — critics would say arrogance — had been, if not shattered, certainly dealt a body blow.
    Ben Casselman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Cruncher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruncher. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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