numbers game
Example Sentences
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Before the Lakers’ last game against the Suns, Redick said part of it was a numbers game with James’ return and felt the team would settle on a nine-man rotation.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
You start to understand that it’s systemic, and it is a numbers game.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025
In the end, like cricket itself, it’s a numbers game and America has always been keen on very big numbers.
From BBC • May 29, 2024
But it’s still a numbers game and the transfer portal has reduced the already slim odds of getting a Division I basketball scholarship.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
