wild card

Example Sentences

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But the supreme being and patron of all pontiffs has to be considered a wild card.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

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

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 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

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

They don’t know I got two draw fours, a wild card, a yellow skip, and a red reverse.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas