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Wild card

A wild card is, in general, a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.

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Wild Card

Wild Card is an American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005.

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wild card

Noun

  1. In card games, a card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
  2. A competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion.
    Kye Sun-Hui won an Olympic gold medal in Judo, despite being a wild card.
  3. a character that substitutes for other characters in regular expressions and globbing


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wildcard

Noun

  1. A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.
    In searching, if a*m finds amalgam, atom and alum, then * is acting as a wildcard.
  2. An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.
  3. An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.


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