How to Use in the cards in a Sentence

in the cards

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• Maybe there’s a trip in the cards once the press tours are over.
  — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026
• So, lying in bed in his Dallas home, sleep was not in the cards.
  — Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026
• Still, Stewart has been adamant that retirement is not in the cards for him.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026
• At other times, the book embodies an awareness that glass-smashing isn’t in the cards.
  — Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
• But Cazenave said an evacuation of Bordeaux is not in the cards for now.
  — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
• Our Kevin Kurz, however, reports that that’s not likely in the cards.
  — James Mirtle, New York Times, 23 July 2026
• Arraez would be open to a contract extension with the Giants, but such a deal likely isn’t in the cards.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
• For too long, many treated a career in the trades as a consolation prize — what young people did if college wasn’t in the cards.
  — Brendan Bechtel, Fortune, 25 July 2026
• Warming to 105 degrees or more is in the cards for much of the Sacramento region.
  — Sean MacAday 27, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
• An international flight and a week on the northwest coast of England with a mid-July due date was simply not in the cards.
  — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 17 July 2026
• If, in the end, a private getaway isn’t in the cards, rooms at the neighboring Villa d’Este start at about $2,000 a night.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2026
• For those people who thoroughly enjoy the lakefront lifestyle—watching the sunrise from the dock, morning swims, waterskiing, taking the boat to dinner—a full-time home by the water might be in the cards.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
• Woods identified $260 to $263 as support range and said a rally to $300 could be in the cards if the current earnings report is good enough.
  — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
• Changing or adding locations and implementing different activities could all be in the cards, according to Hackney.
  — Diamy Wang july 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
• Insider tip If a full villa is not in the cards, look at one of the mid-tier suites and then lean heavily into in-room dining; ordering an omakase-style spread plus cocktails to your room is one of the most fun ways to use this hotel.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 July 2026
• The fourth-generation Balducci could’ve set his sights on opening the city’s next Dean & Deluca, but after a few years of building out his team and growing the business, a gourmet grocer just wasn’t in the cards.
  — Sean Santiago, Vogue, 27 July 2026
• But the way the Panthers had their depth chart set up — signing Walker as well as tackle Stone Forsyth in free agency — playing immediately didn’t necessarily have to be in the cards for Freeling.
  — Alex Zietlow july 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
• Markets largely had expected the central bank policymakers to approve another hold on rates, though there had been some inclination – about a 1-in-3 chance, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool – that a surprise rate hike was in the cards.
  — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 29 July 2026