wild card

Example Sentences

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If she succeeds on Saturday, it would be a first for Australia - who joined the contest as a one-off wild card entry in 2015 but quickly became a permanent fixture.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The availability of memory chips remains a wild card for tech firms.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

If Yamamoto was on a .500 club that was hoping to get a wild card, they wouldn’t be planning for October every year like the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

“The biggest wild card here is duration,” Romaine said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

“You know Tremaine better than any of us. So keep your personal grievances out of it and help our wild card out, yeah?”

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu