NUMBER CRUNCHINGS Synonyms: 22 Similar Words

number crunchings

noun

plural of number crunching

as in calculations

the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value he did a little number crunching and made an offer on the house

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Noun

The Herald included active and inactive voters in all calculations and graphics, since inactive voters are still eligible to cast ballots.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
When climate forecasters built models, their calculations assumed CCS would work.

— Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of calculations

Noun

Less than a month after astonishing the world with its solution to the long-standing Navier-Stokes problem, OpenAI has released 722 maths papers, proving or disproving problems across numerous fields from algebraic geometry to number theory.

— Will Barker, TheWeek, 9 Oct. 2026
As a school-leaving-age young woman in 2012, simple maths dictates that she must have been conceived around the time of a conflict that was also defined by the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026

Definition of maths

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The cost figures draw on the Family Budget Calculator developed by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute from federal data on rents, food costs and consumer spending, with The Post’s own health care estimates.

— Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Another star turn goes to Mary Ellen Pleasant, who was arguably America’s first Black millionaire and inarguably one of the most canny and chameleonlike figures this country has ever produced.

— Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of figures

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