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

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

But Rosewood won’t be the only game in town for long. —Rachel Dube, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2024

As a result, for students seeking real-world companionship and belonging, protest has increasingly become the only game in town. —Frederick M. Hess, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023

Grainge grew up in an industry in which labels were the only game in town. —John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024

For certain wavelength regimes, this will be the only game in town. —Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019

Despite several storms that tracked offshore to the east of the Mid-Atlantic, which are often favorable for some snow, rain has been the only game in town. —Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023

For many Palestinians who distrust Abbas and revile Israel’s recent actions, Hamas is becoming the only game in town. —Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023