number crunching

British  

noun

1. computing the large-scale processing of numerical data

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Other Word Forms

• number cruncher noun

Example Sentences

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

SYDNEY—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

So, the tense process of the Treasury waiting on every bit of number crunching from the OBR will happen only in the run up to a full Budget.

From BBC

A few minutes of number crunching showed he was spending about $110 to $140 a week on fuel for each of the four older, diesel Transits in his fleet.

From New York Times

Mathematician Hannah Fry has done some number crunching and reckons Wales have a 2.2% chance of bagging the four goals needed against England to go through.

From BBC