zero-sum

Example Sentences

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“We don’t believe in a system that’s basically a zero-sum game that says ‘If we pay you, we’ve got to take that out of the pocket of another player,’” Meyer said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The software selloff and the shakeup among the Magnificent Seven is a clear sign that investors are treating the AI trade as a “zero-sum game,” Bob Savage, head of markets macro strategy at BNY, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

To Muse, however, “this ‘zero-sum’ view is flawed.”

From MarketWatch

“Now there’s a record. It’s easy when you’re the activist fighting the system. But when you’re in there, you realize it’s a zero-sum game,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Exams that once gauged our ability to face a ticking clock have given way to a generalized test of our ability to navigate the zero-sum nature of contemporary life—a test of our ability to work the system.

From The Wall Street Journal