How to Use game theory in a Sentence

game theory

noun
  • One of game theory’s classic dilemmas is called the stag hunt.
    — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2022
  • And his answer to that is this sort of megamind game theory response.
    — Jon Sarlin, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Yet, game theory doesn't take into account the passion of the game.
    — Laura Beers, CNN, 11 Jan. 2022
  • So what does game theory actually say about how this auto strike will end?
    — WIRED, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Their work inspired academics around the world to delve deeper into what’s known as game theory.
    — Kate Vitasek, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
  • There’s a famous scenario in game theory called the game of Chicken.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • One answer is that the candidates are stuck in a classic game theory problem.
    — Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 26 Feb. 2020
  • From a game theory lens, this type of hard work essentially increases your odds.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • Every part of the game theory and strategy told me, 'Winning is in sight.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 17 Jan. 2020
  • What elements in particular changed my mind were things like the game theory.
    — Quartz, 12 Nov. 2021
  • This is the political game theory at play, and the only story that matters this week.
    — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Zachary studies game theory, and the novel relies frequently on rules and tropes of video game design.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The company uses techniques derived from game theory to decide how much each data point is worth.
    — Wired, 8 Nov. 2019
  • At the tables, alas, his wizardly command of game theory keeps knocking up against the limits of his people skills.
    — John Domini, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Researchers have worked on this problem using game theory, the science of strategy.
    — Chris Blattman, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The logic behind his answer was based on the prisoner’s dilemma, a concept in game theory.
    — Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Daniel, who brought a terrifying yellow legal pad out to Fiji to show off all his game theory knowledge, then had an idea.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • This is a classic game theory problem; outcomes don’t only depend on the actions of one country but on the actions of the others too.
    — Hannah Ritchie, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
  • My plan was akin to stealing the works of John Forbes Nash and trying to pass a course on game theory at Princeton.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The work involved getting volunteers to participate in a simple form of game theory.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Gerry Mackie has shown that this can be explained using the ideas of game theory and coordination.
    — Angela Chen, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2018
  • For hitters, there’s game theory behind the decision, based on the situation.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • When Theorists Enter the War Room But game theory is not just about board games.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
  • At one level, the simplest way to understand America’s problem in the Iran war is to use game theory.
    — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 8 May 2026
  • Our framework draws heavily from game theory and social exchange theories.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2017
  • But then, as statecraft in the real world came to favor game theory over traditional diplomacy, the metagame likewise shifted.
    — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Other analysts see game theory.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
  • But if one suspect confesses and turns on the other—known in game theory as defecting—their help will be rewarded by going free while the other person goes to jail.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The roots of cooperation can be endlessly debated, but some part of it is hinted at in the two game theory articles referred to above.
    — Quanta Magazine, 9 Nov. 2017
  • In game theory, the Nash equilibrium describes the most rational choice an actor can make based on the choices of other actors.
    — Sam Lyman, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'game theory.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: