number crunching
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"It needs to stop number crunching and get itself down the pub."
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
There’s plenty of number crunching going on among economists at Australia’s big banks about the potential for an interest-rate increase as early as February.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
One need not be a football fan to enjoy this, but you do need to love love — beyond the charts and number crunching is a potent, openhearted gleefulness and sense of play.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021
Reflecting an early stage in the number crunching, the documents show that 10% to 20% of questions were not answered in the 2020 census, depending on the question and state.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2021
The kabbalah was much more than number crunching; it was a tradition so mystical that some scholars say that it bears a striking resemblance to Hinduism.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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