numbers game

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

It’s a numbers game, meticulously filling notebooks in handwriting Silverman describes as “tiny letters all perfectly the same size,” then revisiting and sharpening material until the joke emerges, like a vision.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2025

Instead, groups like Sumner’s, such as the Smiths and Echo & the Bunnymen, ignored what was going on in the mainstream altogether, leaving the numbers game to pop music.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

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.