wild card

Example Sentences

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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

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 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

The wild card is air travel demand as U.S. and global economies absorb significantly higher energy prices, they wrote.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

In fact, I’ll be the only wild card in this year’s draft who isn’t internationally ranked.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu