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bingo card

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bingo card (plural bingo cards)

  1. (literally) A card used in playing the game of bingo.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) A list of events considered possible to occur in the context of a larger event, especially when referring to an event considered unlikely.
    Boland, Cummins, and Lyon all with centuries in the same innings. I wonder how many people had that on their bingo card.
    • 2023 January 6, Korie Houston, “New Year, Same You”, in LGBTQ San Diego County News, volume 4, number 7, page 10:
      I'm recently out of an almost 6-year relationship that left me feeling emotions that I didn't put on my 2022 bingo card.