bean counter
Example Sentences
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The current CEO is a bean counter who does not seem to understand the complexity of the process and doesn’t live in Washington state, where the bulk of the work is still done.
From Seattle Times
She can understand that Boeing’s strength is in its engineering culture, not the bean counters.
From Seattle Times
In the back of our minds, though, we always suspected that, if anyone were to do us in, it would be the corporate bean counters.
From Seattle Times
To the bean counters among us, that could seem like a solution, but it’s only a reset if it allows the studios and platforms to address the systemic problem.
From Los Angeles Times
It may be the last thing “John Wick” fans and studio bean counters want to hear, but Reeves has never followed the fans.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
