numbers game
Example Sentences
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It is a numbers game, but maybe, let’s think about the numbers like this.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
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
If the case for appointing new cardinals under the next Pope is a numbers game then Scotland's case is not helped by its declining Catholic population.
From BBC • May 7, 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
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.
