crunch numbers

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Production stoppages ensued as executives hurried to crunch numbers and figure out which vehicles could be made and where.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

While banks already use AI to crunch numbers, detect fraud and analyze customer transactions, Wall Street giants are developing more sophisticated uses of generative AI that is capable of generating text, images and other data.

From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2023

Now that it rents capacity from Amazon Web Services, the bank can use machine learning to crunch numbers faster — and on an enormous scale — to detect anything out of the ordinary.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2022

So you may be able to crunch numbers on a spreadsheet, but you may not be able to do more complex functions, for example.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2021

That’s when they expect to receive a monthly report from analysts at the Legislative Budget Office, the full-time professionals who crunch numbers for the elected lawmakers.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2020