the only game in town
noun phrase
: the only available, desirable, or valuable thing
For serious home cooks, this stove is the only game in town.
Our company is no longer the only game in town. We now have serious competition.
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PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025
Yet the major newspapers and broadcasters were the only game in town then.
—Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
But football isn’t the only game in town these days.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
With the reemergence of Turkey and Qatar as regional power brokers, the deal-making diplomacy of the hotel guys is now the only game in town.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025
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PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025
Yet the major newspapers and broadcasters were the only game in town then.
—Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
But football isn’t the only game in town these days.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
With the reemergence of Turkey and Qatar as regional power brokers, the deal-making diplomacy of the hotel guys is now the only game in town.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the only game in town
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“The only game in town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20only%20game%20in%20town. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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