Examples of 'wild-card' in a sentence

Meaning of "wild-card"

wild-card (noun) - a person or thing that can be used to fill a situation as a substitute or reserve when needed
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Use wild-card characters to filter layer names.
The other entries received wild-card invites.
You use wild-card characters to filter layers by name.
The jury also reserves the right to pick wild-card entries.
Allows the use of wild-card characters in searches.
It was something that could overturn the power balance in this world, a wild-card.
Local wild-card players were invited to play against the qualifiers.
Bad weather is the deadly wild-card for every bird who migrates.
All three teams are chasing the division title but also a wild-card spot.
You can use wild-card characters to sort layers by name.
All of those players spent most of their respective careers in the wild-card era.
Although he qualified as a wild-card contestant, he was eliminated again before the finale.
This season marked second consecutive appearance in the postseason, this time as a wild-card team.
The team earned a wild-card playoff berth in his first season.
Any lingering traces of the human ego will be nothing more than a minor wild-card trait.

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You can use standard wild-card characters to rename groups of items.
Thomas Bjorn will have four wild-card picks.
You can use wild-card characters to extend or limit your search patterns.
The first round of the playoffs is dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend.
There are only 2 wild-card spots that can be picked from the remaining elite field.
The station also carries NFL post season wild-card games.
Juries were used to allocate a wild-card place in the final from each of the semi-finals.
Now the Mets have their chance to make a wild-card run.
Use the asterisk and question mark wild-card characters to broaden your search.
The NFC wild-card race is going to be highly competitive.
There is only one choice to pitch wild-card game for Yankee.
You know, like some wild-card third party that could split up the old idiot vote.
Th century WHOIS servers were highly permissive and would allow wild-card searches.
Mets keep up in wild-card race thanks to Citi homer bonanza.
They entered Friday nine points back of the second wild-card spot.
Jimmy White took the wild-card entry as he was the local favourite.
In these examples, the App object name has been replaced by a wild-card asterisk.
The Giants ended up in a wild-card playoff game where they lost to Carolina.
Unfortunately, the Devils got some revenge by defeating the Gladiators in a wild-card playoff.
You can use wild-card characters to filter files displayed in the Files list.
Cowboys receiver Allen Hurns has surgery after suffering gruesome leg injury in wild-card game.
If the Rockies get past the wild-card game, it may be because Gonzalez does something.
The Cowboys and Redskins are also lagging behind in the race for a wild-card playoff berth.
The top three finishers and two wild-card riders will advance to the Masterclass.
The NL Central leaders ensured themselves of at least a wild-card spot.
They still own the top wild-card position heading into their finale at Washington.
They lost to the New York Jets in the wild-card round.
The team was awarded a wild-card entry for the Tour de France.
The Yankees and Athletics have named their starters for Wednesday 's American League wild-card game.
SMB was relegated to the wild-card playoffs but beat Sta.
NFL wild-card game will be simulcast by ESPN on ABC.
After that win he was awarded a wild-card for the Zuiderduin Masters.
But these wild-card Predators are a true wild card for the Ducks.
The Raiders thus became the first wild-card team to win the Super Bowl.
He lost to wild-card Pablo Carreño Busta in the quarterfinals.

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