wild card
Example Sentences
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Hutter is on the market after being sacked by Monaco in October, but he really would be a wild card.
From BBC
The wild card is air travel demand as U.S. and global economies absorb significantly higher energy prices, they wrote.
From Barron's
“The biggest wild card here is duration,” Romaine said.
A potential wild card, of course, is the U.S. conflict with Iran.
From MarketWatch
Economic conditions remain a wild card for the rest of 2026 as investors parse how AI will reshape the labor market.
From MarketWatch
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