wild card

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

For Dimon, it’s inflation that’s the wild card in the current environment.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Fabio Cannavaro: Perhaps a wild card but what better way to attempt to restore a feel-good factor to Italian football than appoint a national legend.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The wild card, however, is the duration of the war and the impact of a sustained bump in fuel prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“That’s the fun of playing a wild card, isn’t it? You never know what kind of player you’ll get.”

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu