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

Recent Examples on the Web

As rules and institutions constrain less and brute power matters more, countries will seek partners to help them blunt sanctions, access critical technologies, compensate for military weaknesses, expand their room for maneuver, and resist isolation. — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

This time, France's large pension outlays and its need to rein in public spending leave little room for maneuver. — Makini Brice, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

But France's mounting and increasingly expensive public debt is narrowing the financial room for maneuver that Macron's successor will inherit. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

Short of a political upheaval, which is unlikely as long as Putin remains in office, Russia retains sovereignty on paper while quietly becoming a semi-vassal whose room for maneuver narrows by the year. — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Rhymes for room for maneuver

• improver
• remover
• louver
• mover