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name of the game



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If the name of the game was to save human lives, preventing AI from wiping out humanity potentially had the most philanthropic bang for the buck of any cause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Cameras have been the name of the game in the appliance world for some time now.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

“Staying underweight technology stocks is the name of the game for now.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The final judgement on this will be shaped at the end of the season – but if the name of the game is winning then Arsenal are doing it right.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 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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