How to Use wild card in a Sentence

wild card

noun
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  • The joker is a wild card.
  • The team made it into the play-offs as the wild card.
  • Taxes are the wild card in this election.
  • The Sox entered the day two games back of a wild card spot.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
  • So the winner of that game, on the home field of the better of the two, goes to the home field of the best wild card.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Both teams figure to be in the hunt for a wild card spot in 2022.
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022
  • But with their 67-60 record, the Os are just a game-and-a-half out of a wild card spot.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Others earned a trip to the finals in the wild card round.
    — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Feb. 2022
  • On the supply side, and that's the real wild card here.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Woods Hole This one is a bit of a wild card for a list of Cape Cod towns.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Despite this, Thibodeaux is still the wild card of the draft.
    — Antwan Staley, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2022
  • And to me, that is the really big wild card in this race.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The win moved the Guardians to within 1 1/2 games of the Rays, who are holding the third wild card spot.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 31 July 2022
  • The Red Sox are two games out of a wild card playoff spot.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
  • The first playoff race has always been a bit of a wild card.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The Red Sox enter the day four games back of the final wild card spot.
    — Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The Mets are currently a game up on the Braves for a wild card spot.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The Rams still hold the first wild card spot, but their cushion over the 49ers is down to one slim game.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Plus, the other two favorites must win in the wild card round.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The Reds were still six games above .500 at that time and squarely in the mix for the second wild card spot.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 June 2022
  • The Bills had two extra points blocked in the wild card round and one graze an upright.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The race could wind up being a wild card given it’s the fourth race on the schedule.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
  • This deck has one extra, a wild card called Les Barons.
    — Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 27 June 2024
  • In short, if Hunter isn’t there, Auburn’s running back room is full of wild cards.
    — Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The Angels would have been delighted to win a wild card.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Which would be no problem for Adames, with health being the wild card, of course.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2022
  • Two wild cards have been added since Seidler bought into the team.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • And if something were to happen to him, to Kim, that's a real wild card.
    — CBS News, 9 Feb. 2022
  • And the Colts, while needing a miracle, are still battling for a wild card spot in the AFC.
    — Dallas News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The border remains a wild card (especially with new presidents in office or coming soon on both sides of the border).
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024

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