numbers game
Example Sentences
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It’s no longer a pure numbers game for the company.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
“It’s just a numbers game there,” O’Brien said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
Perhaps the most poignant example I have heard lately about why the numbers game is still important came from MC Spano, a US tech firm boss who now mentors other women in the sector.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2024
In the end, like cricket itself, it’s a numbers game and America has always been keen on very big numbers.
From BBC • May 29, 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.
