wild card

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's

“The biggest wild card here is duration,” Romaine said.

From The Wall Street Journal

A potential wild card, of course, is the U.S. conflict with Iran.

From MarketWatch

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

From MarketWatch

The U.S. trade deficit and the production of inventories —or unsold goods — are also wild cards that could exaggerate ups and downs in fourth-quarter GDP.

From MarketWatch