name of the game

Example Sentences

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The name of the game at Wimbledon is tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Magouyrk mentioned “capital intensity” twice in his statement because in 2026 that is the name of the game at Oracle.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The final judgement on this will be shaped at the end of the season – but if the name of the game is winning then Arsenal are doing it right.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Flexibility is the name of the game, second only to talent.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

They had enough food—scavenged from the ruins, hunted in the woods, brought up from Asheville sometimes—but rationing was the name of the game, and everyone looked like they were one meal a day short.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner