numbers game
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It’s no longer a pure numbers game for the company.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Baseball is a numbers game, and GA didn’t have enough of them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Instead, groups like Sumner’s, such as the Smiths and Echo & the Bunnymen, ignored what was going on in the mainstream altogether, leaving the numbers game to pop music.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
"It's also making the point that in the numbers game, China will always be ahead of smaller countries with smaller navies and Australia's navy is at a historic low."
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025
Instead, the staff played a sterile numbers game, seeking to impose a strict ratio everywhere.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
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