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.
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• 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 | [e-mail], 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 Padres held a one-game lead for the second National League wild card on Sept. 9.
  — John Perrotto, Forbes, 4 May 2022
• The finale wrapped up the season’s plot nicely while leaving one huge wild card at play.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
• The winner of each group and two wild card teams will advance to single-elimination game knockout rounds.
  — Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024