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
• With 10 games left, the 49ers are a complete wild card.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2021
• 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
• The Mets are currently a game up on the Braves for a wild card spot.
  — Jacob Lev, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
• New York began the day with a one-game lead over the Red Sox for the league's top wild card.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 2 Oct. 2021
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 3 Aug. 2023
• The loss dropped the Yankees 1.5 games behind the Blue Jays in the fight for the final wild card spot with 12 games left to play.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 20 Sep. 2021
• The Angels would have been delighted to win a wild card.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
• Dallas is in great shape for the West wild card with two wins and a plus-41 point differential.
  — John Hollinger, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
• That’s why, each month, our Feel-Good Food Plan—with nourishing recipes and a few wild cards—is hosted by someone new.
  — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appétit, 1 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025