name of the game
Example Sentences
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“Getting the cost of inference down is the name of the game now.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
Triple-digit sales growth is the name of the game for CoreWeave, and that will be the first thing Wall Street analysts will look at when earnings are released.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Flexibility is the name of the game, second only to talent.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
Winning is the name of the game in football, so - unsurprisingly - a poor run of results is often the main factor in a manager getting the sack.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
Obtaining Personal Information The name of the game in statistics is the inferring of information about a large population by examining characteristics of a small, randomly selected sample.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
