wild card
noun
a card having its value decided by the wishes of the players.
wild cards
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pluralof wild card.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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CPUs are essential for running inference workloads demanded by agentic AI, but there are various wild cards to consider.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The future rests on a stack of wild cards, importantly in the halls of the Kremlin itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
England head coach Thomas Tuchel has never hidden from taking tough decisions or throwing down wild cards, so his eyebrow-raising World Cup squad follows true to form.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
The characters are like those in a deck of wild cards designed by Salvador Dalí, but somehow the game Ionesco prepares never takes off here.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Every year, fifty amateur players, or wild cards, are nominated by secret committee to be placed into the team selection process.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
