wiggle room
noun
Examples of wiggle room in a Sentence
The salesman has some wiggle room to reduce the price of the car.
the language of the contract is vague and leaves too much wiggle room
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The rules aren’t final yet, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of wiggle room, since the language within the OBBBA is unambiguous — the tip has to be voluntary.
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Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
The new wording would also give the council wiggle room in deciding the city manager's annual salary, contract term and amount of severance pay.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The Supreme Court, should it ever be forced to adjudicate such madness, would have no constitutional wiggle room.
—Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Dietary restrictions are allowed, but otherwise, there’s zero wiggle room.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
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Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
The new wording would also give the council wiggle room in deciding the city manager's annual salary, contract term and amount of severance pay.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The Supreme Court, should it ever be forced to adjudicate such madness, would have no constitutional wiggle room.
—Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Dietary restrictions are allowed, but otherwise, there’s zero wiggle room.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wiggle room
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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiggle%20room. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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