- present participle of crunch.
crunching
Example Sentences
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His campaign didn’t survive, but those problems—tens of thousands of people without housing, costs crunching millions of people with housing, and lagging crisis response—are real.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026
Navigating around the crater, Al-Ahmad trudged into the blown-out remains of the hall, his feet crunching on an underbrush of glass, wood splinters and insulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
XTX Markets, an algorithmic trading firm, is building a $1 billion-plus complex of five AI data centers in Finland to expand its data crunching and model training capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
The Friday morning routine is well underway, with Field Lane pupils crunching percentages.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
“Don’t hate, dude,” Sneaky says, crunching on a handful of chips and restarting the game.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
