Idiom
number games
Meaning
A numbers game: the use of inappropriate statistics (numbers) to reflect a desired result (usually misleading).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The company uses number games to hide their low profits.”
“The manager tried to justify the budget cuts with clever number games, but the staff knew the reality was much worse.”
“By manipulating the quarterly data through various number games, the executive board successfully misled the shareholders about the true state of the failing enterprise.”
Examples
simple
“The company uses number games to hide their low profits.”
contextual
“The manager tried to justify the budget cuts with clever number games, but the staff knew the reality was much worse.”
complex
“By manipulating the quarterly data through various number games, the executive board successfully misled the shareholders about the true state of the failing enterprise.”
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