wild card

Example Sentences

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Williams has been given a wild card entry into the doubles draw of the WTA 500 event, which begins June 8.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

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

Economic conditions remain a wild card for the rest of 2026 as investors parse how AI will reshape the labor market.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

I need another moment where every wild card is in the same space at once, and I’ll get to be physically close enough to them in order to study their info.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu