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game

[gaym] / geɪm /






NOUN
individual sporting event
Synonyms
NOUN
undomesticated animals chased for food
Synonyms




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Collins said she attempted multiple times to reach the assistant principal via phone or in person at a game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Also in Palo Alto, the Walter Hays Elementary School strife included a game of tag at recess.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Inevitably, the game against Argentina emerged as a key theme at the squad discussion.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

After the game against the Commanders, McVay said tight end Terrance Ferguson was not activated from injured reserve as planned because of a hamstring injury suffered on Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Who’s been playing an imaginary game of Look Away.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Second-year forward Adou Thiero, who only made his season debut two games ago after struggling with left knee swelling, had two points, two rebounds, an assist and a steal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Nacua was not the only player injured Sunday who could be sidelined for multiple games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Video games will also be banned from offering minors "pay-to-win" or "pay-to-progress" features, and in-game virtual currencies will have to show the real-world value of the currency used to purchase them.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

As a graduate of the frequent Big Ten roadkill Wisconsin, which loses three or more regular season games with ruthless efficiency, I’m not reporting this with any glee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

One time, a few years ago, I just about came unglued in an arcade when I couldn’t get a pair of SpongeBob sunglasses in one of those claw games.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

And, if you’re a gamer but not a horror connoisseur, Nadira Goffe helpfully breaks down whether Resident Evil will be too scary for you, using Slate’s highly scientific Scaredy Scale.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026

Mike Demopoulos, a 40-year-old gamer in Minnesota who works in web hosting and has a Pac-Man tattoo, subscribed to SuperPower soon after reading about the clean-energy initiative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

An avid online gamer, he also makes time for his family and his hobbies.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

The gender split also defies the stereotypical image of the young male gamer.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

Foraging in the woods and rubbish heaps, gathering fallen grain-heads in the autumn—these were honorable ways to gamer a meal, requiring time and work.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

“He was one of the coolest, neatest, kindest, gamest horses I’ll ever have. When I saw him in there, my heart sank.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2017

Lots of good intentions and the gamest efforts of able leading actors, respectively Gary Oldman and Ed Harris, could not breathe life into those turkeys.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2010

Little Old Man Ledoux, gamest of the game.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though beaten after the gamest losing campaign since Bryan in 1896, Wendell Willkie polled: 1.

From Time Magazine Archive

Captain Acvis, the jailer, said: "He was the gamest man I ever saw."

From History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams

One of the other criticisms of the scheme has been that providers have gamed the system, offering unnecessary and expensive services.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Unlike sports or elections, he said, there’s no regulator keeping watch over whether a reality show market is being run — or gamed — fairly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

But under a "worst-case scenario" gamed out by Eurasia Group, damage to Iran's oilfields permanently hits the country's exports, while the precarity to Hormuz traffic persists.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

Wall Street strategists gamed out scenarios for what could happen next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

It was impossible to determine how badly the Wall Street firms had gamed the system.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Names can also be shared with gaming companies, so they have the option of banning offenders from their platforms.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Teams fully in the program include gaming, Windows, Copilot, human resources and finance.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Known as “Notch” in the gaming community, Persson founded Mojang Studios in 2009, and the company released “Minecraft” two years later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Microsoft previously cut nearly 5,000 jobs in July that heavily targeted its Xbox gaming division.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

The e-mailed stories ranged from suspensions and expulsions for “antisocial behavior” to censorship of student publications to new restrictions on computing, Web browsing, and especially gaming.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz


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