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processor

[pros-es-er, proh-ses-] / ˈprɒs ɛs ər, ˈproʊ sɛs- /


NOUN
central processing unit
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“Hiring was more broad-based in May than we’ve seen in the last few years,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP, the U.S.’s largest processor of company payrolls.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Investors are still waiting to see exactly how large the PC market can be for Nvidia, considering its processor will likely be aimed at premium devices and is relatively limited compared with data centers.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Nvidia barely mentioned Arm Holdings in its press release announcing a new personal-computer processor, but investors think chip designer Arm could be the biggest winner of the endeavor.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

In March, IFF sold its soy crush and lecithin business to crop trader and processor Bunge for an undisclosed amount.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

But if the Stormbreakers were based on the round processor there couldn’t possibly be any need for such extremes—and anyway, this was like nothing Alex had ever seen before.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz




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