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.

Examples of the only game in town in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But its version of startup capitalism isn’t the only game in town anymore. Will Daniel, Fortune Asia, 30 June 2024 But a proliferation of festivals in the region has turned BBR from the only game in town to one of many events grasping for an ever-fractured market. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2024 Companies designing cutting-edge AI chips, such as Nvidia and Intel, rely on foundries with extremely specialized tools to build their designs—and for them, TSMC is the only game in town. Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024 Related Stories The celebration of all things midcentury isn’t the only game in town. Abigail Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2024 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 27 Jul. 2024.

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