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processor

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


NOUN
central processing unit
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Using data from payroll processor ADP, the economists found that from the end of 2020 to the end of last year, 34% of workers’ wages didn’t keep up with inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 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

My brain feels like it’s been pushed through a food processor.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Cut off from imported fats and oils, U.S. processors turned to domestic vegetable oils, especially soybean oil.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

After the preliminary peace deal was reached last August, U.S. officials approved tens of thousands of Nvidia’s leading-edge GB300 processors.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Some of the milk processors in Kenya often reconvert the powder into the more-preferred liquid milk during dry seasons when the supply of fresh milk goes down.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Amazon also wraps its four processors in far more memory and storage.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

Some other Japanese industries are organized very differently from the food processors.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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