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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Now, the farmer is running the calculations.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
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Word with Copilot drafts and summarizes documents; Teams with Copilot generates meeting summaries and captures action items; and Excel with Copilot handles data analysis useful for damages calculations and billing.—
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Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Moderation is not a maths problem to solve, but a behaviour to support.—
Justin Kissinger,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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More variables than a maths textbook.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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Kofman’s article chronicles the path of such ideas from the fringes to the mainstream, outlining their influence on figures such as Peter Thiel, Stephen Miller, and Elon Musk.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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State Department figures show 6,066 — or 99% — of the refugees were from South Africa, while the other three hailed from Afghanistan.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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“Number crunchings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/number%20crunchings. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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