name of the game

Example Sentences

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Patience was the name of the game for England after Ben Duckett and Rehan Ahmed lost theirs, but Root produced a masterclass in it.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

"The name of the game for our future meetings remains full optionality," Villeroy said at a Bank of France speech earlier this month.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

Trying to get everyone right now — I don’t think that’s the name of the game anymore.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

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