wiggle room

as in slack
an allowable margin of freedom or variation the language of the contract is vague and leaves too much wiggle room

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Recent Examples of wiggle room The joys of not making an announcement is that Apple has the wiggle room to move things up to and including the release date, so things could change. David Phelan, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 But will the budgetary wiggle room created by improved economic conditions be enough to overcome fundraising challenges caused by name confusion? Edwin Sayres, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025 But the wiggle room here doesn’t give you a 100% guarantee. Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Mar. 2025 Even with federal funding uncertainty, state economists predict that Oregon has an additional $350 million in wiggle room as lawmakers craft the next two-year budget. Meira Gebel, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wiggle room

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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle%20room. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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