crunch
verb (used with object)
to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
have crunched
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present perfectof crunch.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The case for a February rate increase has developed as economists have crunched recent inflation data and concluded the worryingly high numbers are more signal than noise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
And they have crunched more than 200 years’ worth of data to support their conclusion.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
Time and again, however, scientists have crunched the numbers and determined that the 27 Club has more basis in myth than in math.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Germany’s Christmas markets have crunched numbers that could make any lighting Grinch’s heart grow at least three sizes.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
Boulders lay ever more thickly strewn as he neared the Barrier cliffs, and he skirted patches of gravel and loose stones that would have crunched loudly under his wheels.
From World of the Drone by Robert Abernathy
