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

"In Lloyds, it will simply become a numbers game and staff will be hounded out of the business. We've seen it before," it said.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

“It’s just a numbers game there,” O’Brien said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 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.