name of the game
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of name of the game
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Cameras have been the name of the game in the appliance world for some time now.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Now, its new chief executive said, the name of the game is volume sales—and affordability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Magouyrk mentioned “capital intensity” twice in his statement because in 2026 that is the name of the game at Oracle.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
Patience was the name of the game for England after Ben Duckett and Rehan Ahmed lost theirs, but Root produced a masterclass in it.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Obtaining Personal Information The name of the game in statistics is the inferring of information about a large population by examining characteristics of a small, randomly selected sample.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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