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- noun Alternative spelling of
number cruncher .
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Examples
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As a Bank of America number-cruncher told me, “You could teach an 8th grader to do this work.”
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Ben, for all his many flaws (and they ARE many), is a superb number-cruncher who knows the normal partisan leans of precincts across the county, and I'll remain pessimistic unless and until we KNOW Marsden has won.
PROJECTED WINNER 2010
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FiveThirtyEight. com is the best number-cruncher out there.
The latest from FiveThirtyEight: we can have a great day in MA on Nov. 2, if we work for it! 2010
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Although this has a name that only a number-cruncher could come up with – Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) – it is actually quite a simple concept.
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I put in a bid on the limited edition release of The Profiteer graphic novel with three additional, never-before-published graphs but lost to some rabid number-cruncher willing to part with more money than was I.
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I put in a bid on the limited edition release of The Profiteer graphic novel with three additional, never-before-published graphs but lost to some rabid number-cruncher willing to part with more money than was I.
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In fact, according to one particularly clever man in a white coat, Spanish football's premier number-cruncher Alexis Martín Tamayo, there are 3,486,784,401 potential combinations.
3,486,784,401 reasons to tune in to a ridiculously dramatic La Liga finale 2010
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Nate Silver, the number-cruncher behind FiveThirtyEight. com was another victor, having predicted the result with uncanny accuracy.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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While it ain't exactly rival rap entourages exchanging gunfire outside a radio station, it's pretty badass stuff for number-cruncher types.
RJ Eskow: Elmendorf vs. Orszag: A "Teachable Moment"... for Geeks and Nerds 2009
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Nate Silver, the number-cruncher behind FiveThirtyEight. com was another victor, having predicted the result with uncanny accuracy.
England are Third Best Football Team in the World, Boffins Say! 2009
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