number crunching

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Noun
  • However, the calculation was not indexed to inflation; therefore, after 5 decades, the calculation began affecting middle-income earners.
    Cindy McGhee, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • In addition to Bailey’s involvement with the report, the University of Missouri also performed calculations of the data that was included in the report.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Lawyers for Smith countered that the Supreme Court has previously said there’s no precise math equation for determining an intellectual disability.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • One of those consequences is the elimination of learning opportunities such as robotics camps and access to advanced math courses for K-12 students.
    Amber M. Simpson, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The time has come for House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, to face up to the brutal arithmetic that explains how Tallahassee works.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
  • And of course there’s some other stuff that can do arithmetic better than us.
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2025
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“Number crunching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number%20crunching. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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