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Wildcard | Wildcards | Wildcardjack

Wildcard meaning

  1. A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.
  2. An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.
  3. An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.

Using Wildcard

  • The main meaning on this page is: A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified. | An uncontrolled or unpredictable element. | An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.
  • In the example corpus, wildcard often appears in combinations such as: the wildcard, of wildcard, wildcard spot.

Context around Wildcard

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

separate 1× first 1× term 1× supports 1× biggest 1× champions 1× late 1× northern 1× eight 1× surprise 1×

Often after:

entry 3× dns 2× round 2× matches 1× statement 1× team 1× entrant 1× remaining 1× berth 1× spots 1×

Sentence patterns with Wildcard

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a late wildcard into the 1× a separate wildcard statement 1× a surprise wildcard berth in 1× also a wildcard entry along 1× also one wildcard remaining in 1× ever champions wildcard round 1× from the wildcard matches all 1× in the wildcard round 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

britain is guaranteed 1× hall is a 1× he has two 1× i think the 1× joshua saak won 1× murray took a 1×

Common sentence endings:

3 0 lead 1× a wildcard here 1× and zeel desai 1× champions wildcard round 1× deposit liability side 1× e g example 1×

Words around Wildcard

Just before it in the word index:

wildc 3 wildbrain 4 wildberry 2 wildberger 2 wildaid 2 wilda 7

Just after it in the word index:

wildcardjack 2 wildcards 13 wildcat 152 wildcats 824 wildcatter 4 wildcatters 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abrasive 116 adjournment 116 allusions 116 amalgamation 116 bafana 116 baggy 116

Corpus analysis for Wildcard

  • In this selection, "wildcard" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, separate, first, term, entry, dns and round stand out and add context to how "wildcard" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a late wildcard into the and a separate wildcard statement. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wildcard" sits close to words such as abrasive, adjournment and allusions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wildcard

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

And that's probably the biggest wildcard. (7 words)

I’m going to go with a wildcard here. (9 words)

Joshua Saak won the first-ever Champions Wildcard round. (9 words)

Longer example sentences

The Kansas City Chiefs were the first Super Bowl champion to win two road playoff games and the first wildcard team to win the Super Bowl, although the term "wildcard" was coined by the media, and not used officially until several years later. (43 words)

Britain is guaranteed to have at least one homegrown star make their way through to the next round in the men's singles after wildcard entrant Ryan Peniston was pitted against Andy Murray, the pair playing at 2:45 on Tuesday, 4 July. (43 words)

Two-time former Wimbledon champion Murray - who has taken a wildcard entry for next week's Rothesay Open Nottingham - looked in control of the first set when, helped by a fine backhand volley, he moved into a 3-0 lead. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

As this has the result of excluding this domain name and its subdomains from the wildcard matches, all subdomains of a.x.example must be defined in a separate wildcard statement.

The Kansas City Chiefs were the first Super Bowl champion to win two road playoff games and the first wildcard team to win the Super Bowl, although the term "wildcard" was coined by the media, and not used officially until several years later.

Wildcard DNS records The domain name system supports wildcard DNS records which specify names that start with the asterisk label, '*', e.g., *.example.

And that's probably the biggest wildcard.

Britain is guaranteed to have at least one homegrown star make their way through to the next round in the men's singles after wildcard entrant Ryan Peniston was pitted against Andy Murray, the pair playing at 2:45 on Tuesday, 4 July.

Hall is a wildcard with no track record of success or failure in the NFL.

He has two postseason wins, one with the Texans in 2016 and one with the Seattle Seahawks in 2019, each in the Wildcard Round.

I’m going to go with a wildcard here.

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I think the wildcard in that is the deposit liability side.

Joshua Saak won the first-ever Champions Wildcard round.

Murray took a late wildcard into the tournament following an early exit from the Madrid Open and will now decide whether to go to Rome or rest and prepare for the French Open, which begins on 22 May.

Nevertheless, even Kristen will start to realize Megan is perhaps too much of a wildcard, so she’ll have a strategy session with EJ as they discuss how to handle her.

Sahaja is also a wildcard entry along with Sharmada Balu of Karnataka and Zeel Desai.

The Chinese government remains a wildcard here, not just due to what kind of negative actions they might do in the future, but also due to the perception of it placed on the valuation.

The first two runs were a fifth in the Hunter Country Championship qualifier and a fourth in the Northern Wildcard of the series at Scone.

There’s also one wildcard remaining in the women’s draw.

The Triple Eight wildcard entry was able to get back on track but not even the incomparable Lowndes could ever make up so much ground and he finished 26th.

Two-time former Wimbledon champion Murray - who has taken a wildcard entry for next week's Rothesay Open Nottingham - looked in control of the first set when, helped by a fine backhand volley, he moved into a 3-0 lead.

We’re going to build on our 7-7 mark and look for a surprise wildcard berth in Week 18.

With what the top three in the AL East look to be and the top two in the West look to be, wildcard spots may be hard to come by for the remedial class in the Central.

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Common combinations with wildcard

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wildcard" in a sentence?
An example: "As this has the result of excluding this domain name and its subdomains from the wildcard matches, all subdomains of a.x.example must be defined in a separate wildcard statement." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "wildcard" from authentic English texts.
What does "wildcard" mean?
Wildcard means: A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.
How many example sentences with "wildcard" are there?
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