confidence game
Example Sentences
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"We're building confidence game by game, and these three points are going to be vital for the end of the season, they can decide a title race."
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
People purchase them because they think the value will appreciate “so obviously the confidence game will only work as long as people keep buying.”
From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023
It’s a confidence game, and you will lose money.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023
“This was really an ageless, classic confidence game that has played out over modern social media,” Assistant U.S.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022
The fellow who had so cleverly played the confidence game upon him was the same one who awaited his appearance in Wall Street, and afterwards shadowed him up Broadway.
From The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street by Munsey, Frank Andrew
