How to Use wild card in a Sentence

wild card

noun
  • 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.
  • Harley’s been more of a wild card.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • There is a wild card in all this.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Fields is a wild card on the depth chart.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Who are some wild cards to keep an eye on?
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The other wild card is the road.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Which leads to the second wild card.
    — Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Moss seemed to be the biggest wild card.
    — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • There are wild cards on the demand side.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Pepi feels like the biggest wild card.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • But there’s a showbiz wild card at play.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But three wild cards are available.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Two men’s singles wild cards were left open.
    — Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • Sanders is a training camp wild card, though.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • All three teams are fighting for a wild card berth.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Groce will be a wild card as a first-year freshman.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Groce will be a wild card as a first-year freshman.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Groce will be a wild card as a first-year freshman.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Groce will be a wild card as a first-year freshman.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
  • There was a wild card this year though, AI.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • And then there are wild cards, like Aaron Rodgers.
    — Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Maria Bakalova is just this wild card.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 June 2026
  • The only real wild card in the bunch?
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In 2022, a third wild card was added in each league.
    — Zach Powell, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • For me, that places the Rangers as a fuzzy wild card contender.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The big wild card is audience scores.
    — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Two more men's singles wild cards were also left open.
    — CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • But there are seven teams in front of them for the league’s final wild card.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 26 June 2026

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