numbers game
Example Sentences
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You start to understand that it’s systemic, and it is a numbers game.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 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
Hibernian now say they'll reduce the number of away tickets issued for certain fixtures - they, like others in recent years are playing the numbers game.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024
Although the lottery is less of a numbers game and more about luck, participants should keep in mind an important figure: 41 million.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024
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.
