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- noun Plural form of
number-cruncher (alternative spelling ofnumber cruncher ).
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Examples
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At a time when the President has been stressing our nation's need to "out-innovate... the rest of the world," the role of art in stimulating creative thought -- both for those who create it and those who experience it -- should not be discounted by the budgetary number-crunchers.
Lee Rosenbaum: State of the Arts: Why Culture Matters for Obamanomics Lee Rosenbaum 2011
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"Nature hates calculators," said Ralph Waldo Emerson, but that won't stop the number-crunchers.
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In the next few weeks, Washington's number-crunchers are set to estimate whether exports would cause U.S. prices to swell—a finding they will use in deciding the fate of more than a half-dozen projects across the nation.
Gas Exports Ignite a Feud Tennille Tracy 2011
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The political battle over health-care reform is waged largely with numbers, and few number-crunchers have shaped the debate as much as the Lewin Group, a consulting firm whose research has been widely cited by opponents of a public insurance option.
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They come (mostly) from York University, and function as technocrats and number-crunchers for the National Health Service.
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Wall Street number-crunchers have estimated PepsiCo's share price should be closer to $75, not the current $64.62, based on sum-of-the-parts valuations.
PepsiCo Board Stands by Nooyi Mike Esterl 2012
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EIA number-crunchers concluded as well that oil would long retain its position as the world’s leading source of energy.
Michael T. Klare: America and Oil, Declining Together? Michael T. Klare 2011
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EIA number-crunchers concluded as well that oil would long retain its position as the world’s leading source of energy.
Michael T. Klare: America and Oil, Declining Together? Michael T. Klare 2011
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Congress's number-crunchers estimated the change would generate $5 billion over a decade.
In Health Law, Rx for Trouble Janet Adamy 2011
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This is torture for number-crunchers, who like their spreadsheets filled with clean lines.
Shawn Amos: Content Is Best Fresh -- Not Farmed Shawn Amos 2011
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