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 here’s the problem: Eli Lilly isn’t the only game in town. —

Howard Yu, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 Nvidia is still the only game in town for companies spending hundreds of billions in the AI arms race—and both the firm’s customers and investors are well aware of that. —

Greg McKenna, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024 That would make the Intuit Dome, quite literally, the only game in town for legal alcohol sales after 2 a.m. The bill still needs to be signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. —

Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024 Adam Gray | Getty Images Microsoft is no longer the only game in town in generative AI. —

Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the only game in town

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