numbers game

Example Sentences

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Baseball is a numbers game, and GA didn’t have enough of them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

People talk a lot about how it’s just a numbers game: You have to go on more dates, you have to swipe on more people.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

"In the end, it's a numbers game and a space game," Carrick explained.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

"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

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.