play the game
Example Sentences
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“Actually knowing the rules allows the banks to play the game better,” said Barclays bank analyst Jason Goldberg.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
So the foundation might be the same, but she has got to kind of play the game for a while and she’s got to find out information from them first.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
"Wait for 24 hours, let us play the game which is more important."
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
He posited that if AI comes to shape too much of game-day strategizing, “We can just play the game without the players and coaches,” almost as if the “Madden NFL” videogame replaced the actual NFL.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026
Stick and I used to lie on our beds after lights-out and play the game together, making up elaborate lives and characters, before we got too old to make-believe.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
