wild card
Example Sentences
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The 10-year Treasury yield touching 5% underscores a new wild card in sovereign debt: hedge funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
They also added that the plan to put the three of them together was a "wild card decision" by producers, which took them all by surprise.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Other oil producers are yet another wild card.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
A big wild card is the Federal Reserve.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 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
