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

This marks growing dependence on the IMF and the United States, while the gradualist approach has left the economy with very little room for maneuver and risks further instability. — Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

Advertisement That dynamic narrowed Iran’s room for maneuver over Hormuz, and external factors compounded the problem. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 22 Apr. 2026

Part of the challenge for vessels and any potential ship-escorting operations is that the room for maneuver is highly constricted. — Annette Choi, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026

Last year’s Fortune 500 Europe list featured 36 new companies, showing there is still room for maneuver—and growth—even at the highest levels of business. — Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026

After spending years trying to conquer Ukraine, Putin has effectively narrowed Russia’s room for maneuver to Ukraine’s borders alone. — Andrew Ryvkin, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2026

Mamdani has less room for maneuver. — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025

There was no room for maneuver. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025

But this deal could greatly increase his room for maneuver, analysts said. — David M. Halbfinger Giacomo D’orlando Sela Shiloni Shuimo Trust Dohyee, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for room for maneuver

• improver
• remover
• louver
• mover