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processor

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


NOUN
central processing unit
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The Instagram play presaged a series of lucrative investments involving brand-name startups: Spotify, payments processor Stripe, online glasses retailer Warby Parker, Gillette disruptor Harry’s, Twitch and Reddit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

“It is a very still labor market,” Nela Richardson, chief economist at payroll processor ADP, said in a TV interview this week.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

"I think growing up in Appalachia, she's always been my hero," Donchatz, a 35-year-old mortgage processor from Asheville, North Carolina, told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Make the filling: Pulse the cream cheese, Parmesan, giardiniera and herbs in a food processor until chunky and spreadable, not smooth.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

The Owner stuck a tentative finger into the food processor, where his first batch of his mothers peanut butter sat, waiting.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

Financial technology companies often rely on third-party processors and banks, Hinkle said, so the bureau’s investigators would also scrutinize what outside firms Bilt uses and what the communications have been with those firms.

From Salon Sep. 1, 2026

It may also contribute to efforts to expand quantum processors and ultimately move them closer to fault-tolerant operation.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Other firms to have signed the letter include banks such as Capital One, payment processors MasterCard and Visa, and other major tech firms including Adobe, Oracle and IBM.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Some experts have pointed out that most of the large AI labs are also designing custom silicon processors to power their models, and are therefore already in direct competition with Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

But even the best software isn’t smart enough to assign trees reliably, so writers cannot offload the task of minding the tree onto their word processors.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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