Synonym: bray, comminute, compaction, crackle, cranch, craunch, crush, grind, mash, munch, scranch, scraunch. Similar words: scrunch, punch, bunch, lunch, launch, truncated, staunch, unchangeable. Meaning: [krʌntʃ] n. 1. the sound of something crunching 2. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources) 3. the act of crushing. v. 1. make crunching noises 2. press or grind with a crunching noise 3. chew noisily 4. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.
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151, EVERY episode in the credit crunch has had its dramatic flourish.
152, The credit crunch is in part the consequence a flawed regulatory system.
153, Italy's financial crunch has prompted Rome to consider selling stakes in major state-owned companies such as power utility Enel or oil and gas supplier Eni, according to news reports.
154, I love the crispy crunch bits on the outside and the soft pillowy inside slathered in lots of butter.
155, The backlog has caused a cash crunch for some dealers, but the crowded showrooms were a welcome change from the gloominess that has characterized most of this year.
156, Professors Wilkinson and Pickett crunch the numbers and show that the same relationship holds true for a range of social problems.
157, The credit crunch is a swathe through the US financial sector.
158, As the retailer moved out of the buying crunch, the workload demands fell below the threshold level so instances of the resources in the cloud that were created were freed up.
159, There was a grinding crunch of metal as the front of the car telescoped.
160, Long an unexciting province within asset management, money funds have played a big role the crunch.
161, Together they draw in information and crunch it into a useful form.
162, Certainly historians know that Sulla became dictator of the Roman republic after the credit crunch, but Kay said the two events were unrelated.
163, A full-blown dollar crisis on top of a credit crunch and a weakening economy would be frightening.
164, Yet many in Germany are increasingly concerned that a looming credit crunch will squeeze lending to the country's middle-sized firms, throttling any hope of a rebound in growth next year.
165, "With the buttery crunch of a sophisticated shortbread, these are dangerously addictive, " says Apartment Therapy.
166, In part at least because of recessionary conditions created by the earlier credit crunch.
167, There is a grace period so as not to a massive credit crunch.
168, What became known , with irresistible alliteration[sentencedict.com], as the credit crunch had begun.
169, In one sense, the research crunch is not entirely Big Pharma's fault.
170, Some mid - market houses say they are well - positioned for the credit crunch.
171, The credit crunch is a very big issue that we are all going to have to deal with, certainly in the middle term, even with a benefactor like Roman Abramovich.
172, Nevertheless, a full-blown dollar crisis, coming on top of the credit crunch and a weakening US economy, would be disastrous for the global economy.
173, While that may be true in the current financial crisis, the credit crunch has made it tough for the survivors to make hay out of such failures.
174, According to Dr. Richard Guyer, president of the Texas Back Institute, crunches and sit-ups put an unhealthy strain on your back due to the flex movement of the crunch or sit-up.
175, China avoided a hard landing during the global credit crunch but faces a downturn after 2013 as it will struggle to keep increasing fixed investments, Roubini said.
176, The credit crunch has speeded up the pace of reform.
177, Plunging housing markets and the credit crunch have put paid to all that.
178, A shrinking debt market, a credit crunch, can affect stock markets.
179, With loan losses unlikely to peak until well into 2010 and banks likely to keep failing until at least 2011, the real credit crunch may still lie ahead.
180, When it comes to the crunch they will support us.
More similar words: scrunch, punch, bunch, lunch, launch, truncated, staunch, unchangeable, run, crush, crust, cruise, accrue, run out, trunk, run off, crucial, recruit, scrutiny, run down, on the run, runner, run into, run out of, run over, scrub brush, scrupulous, run after, inscrutable, excruciating.