number crunching
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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
Its number crunching showed that rising taxes, high inflation and shrinking GDP will amount to the biggest fall in household disposable income since records began.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
He looked after the books, mentally number crunching the stakes, profits and losses.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 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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