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processor

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


NOUN
central processing unit
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Food processor Campbell’s swung to a loss and logged lower sales in its latest quarter, hurt by higher costs that weighed on margins as well as softer demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

The giant payroll processor ADP, for instance, said that in August, private-sector businesses added the fewest new jobs in seven months: just 38,000.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

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

"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

When the food processor hit the wall, the putrid batch of peanut butter splattered.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

Against the middle of the rental market, where four of these processors go for about $10 an hour, it takes just under three years.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

By adopting Nvidia’s platform to assist customers in developing custom AI processors, clients can quickly scale from silicon to rack with the custom chips guaranteed to work seamlessly together with Nvidia’s GPUs, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

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

One reason is they make less money than supermarkets, wholesalers, and food processors.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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