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 on the Web So the Trump campaign has actually been courting Muslim and Arab American voters and trying to take advantage of that sort of wiggle room by promising peace in the Middle East. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024 Without a lot of concrete details, Honda still has a lot of wiggle room on what the new Saloon will actually offer. Abigail Bassett, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2024 With online access to the IDR application now restored, borrowers have a bit more wiggle room to stay on track for student loan forgiveness. Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 Laurents cleverly made the full title Gypsy: A Musical Fable to allow for some factual wiggle room. Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2024 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 13 Nov. 2024.

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