wild card

Example Sentences

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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

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

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, 45, has accepted a wild card to play the prestigious Indian Wells WTA hardcourt tournament in March, organizers said Friday.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Beside them they felt the hole that Izzy, the freshman, the black sheep, the wild card, had left behind—though they were still certain, all of them, that this hole would be temporary.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng