room for maneuver
noun phrase
: opportunity to make changes or to do things differently in order to produce a better result
The strict requirements left us very little room for maneuver.
Examples of room for maneuver in a Sentence
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Of course, if there is no room for maneuver here, teams will hope running a few stars into the ground is worth it, with glory and attractive prize money—reportedly up to €100 million ($109 million) on offer.
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Henry Flynn, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
By instead leaning on fossil fuels as the United States’ principal energy source while giving renewable industries time to build up in Western countries, Washington can increase its room for maneuver.
—Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024
Doing so will begin to limit Iran’s room for maneuver.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
As long as New Delhi can help countries compete with Beijing, India will have plenty of international partners, giving it considerable room for maneuver in its external relations.
—Rohan Mukherjee, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2024
On that count, Putin does seem to have room for maneuver.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
China’s rise has improved the international economic environment for many Latin American countries and widened their room for maneuver.
—Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
The appointments, which last for three years, provides a unique opportunity for the coalition to make its mark in economic matters when European Union fiscal rules limit the room for maneuver on public finances, and interest rates get set in Frankfurt for the euro zone as a whole.
—Alessandra Migliaccio, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
Henry Flynn, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
By instead leaning on fossil fuels as the United States’ principal energy source while giving renewable industries time to build up in Western countries, Washington can increase its room for maneuver.
—Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024
Doing so will begin to limit Iran’s room for maneuver.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
As long as New Delhi can help countries compete with Beijing, India will have plenty of international partners, giving it considerable room for maneuver in its external relations.
—Rohan Mukherjee, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2024
On that count, Putin does seem to have room for maneuver.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
China’s rise has improved the international economic environment for many Latin American countries and widened their room for maneuver.
—Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
The appointments, which last for three years, provides a unique opportunity for the coalition to make its mark in economic matters when European Union fiscal rules limit the room for maneuver on public finances, and interest rates get set in Frankfurt for the euro zone as a whole.
—Alessandra Migliaccio, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
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“Room for maneuver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/room%20for%20maneuver. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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