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name of the game

NOUN
main idea
Synonyms
WEAK
bottom line chief thing essence main point real issue where it's at

Example Sentences

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Triple-digit sales growth is the name of the game for CoreWeave, and that will be the first thing Wall Street analysts will look at when earnings are released.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

“Restoration is the name of the game, not intrusion,” Mike told me, and he wasn’t talking just about the estuary.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Flexibility is the name of the game, second only to talent.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

“Fractures, fluid, pathways, permeability, that’s kind of the name of the game for us,” said Nils Caliandro, the lead geologist for Big Blind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 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

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.