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
You start to understand that it’s systemic, and it is a numbers game.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025
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
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.
