wiggle room
noun
Examples of wiggle room in a Sentence
The salesman has some wiggle room to reduce the price of the car.
the language of the contract is vague and leaves too much wiggle room
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There’s little financial wiggle room, and the club’s recruitment structure is playing catch-up with teams at the top of the Premier League and in its increasingly competitive middle class.
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Carl Anka, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Trump did give himself some wiggle room by challenging Arab states to come up with their own plan for postwar Gaza.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Then, a pair of confirmation hearings featuring tense exchanges with several senators did little to quiet concerns about his path to confirmation, with little wiggle room among Republicans to advance his nomination out of committee.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
Colorado has a little more wiggle room with the salary cap this season, and potentially a lot more in the offseason.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
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Carl Anka, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Trump did give himself some wiggle room by challenging Arab states to come up with their own plan for postwar Gaza.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Then, a pair of confirmation hearings featuring tense exchanges with several senators did little to quiet concerns about his path to confirmation, with little wiggle room among Republicans to advance his nomination out of committee.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
Colorado has a little more wiggle room with the salary cap this season, and potentially a lot more in the offseason.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wiggle room
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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiggle%20room. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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