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Wild Card

Noun

1. A playing card that can represent any other card in card games.
2. An unpredictable or unknown factor that could influence a situation.
3. (Sports) A person or team that qualifies for a competition or tournament despite not meeting the usual requirements or expectations.
4. (Computing) A character that represents any other character or set of characters in a search pattern.

Sample Sentences:

1. Make sure you draw a wild card when playing poker.
2. The weather is a wild card in our outdoor event, so we should have an indoor backup plan.
3. The underdog team turned out to be the wild card and surprised everyone by reaching the finals.
4. By using the '*' symbol as a wild card, you can find different variations of a word in a search.

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