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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Where to stay in Princeton The Nassau Inn on Palmer Square, nearly on campus, used to be the only game in town; its 157 rooms are still a classic, comfortable bet, but the August 2024 opening of Graduate by Hilton Princeton has raised the bar for a cool college-town hotel. Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025 This is a situation where inflation is now an emergent risk … and gold is the only game in town. Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025 Hurricane Erin isn't the only game in town. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025 Thanks to a Supreme Court decision, Nevada wasn’t the only game in town. Harry Enten, CNN Money, 11 July 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 19 Oct. 2025.

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