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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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States will get much more wiggle room in determining whether plans are generous enough to meet Affordable Care Act standards.
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With the departures of Troy Brown Jr. (NBA draft) and Keith Smith (transfer), Oregon has three scholarships remaining, so there is plenty of wiggle room to add prep or transfer talent.
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But any good suit has an inch or two of wiggle room; in golf, being off by a millimeter can mean the difference between winning a skin off your buddies or trudging back to the clubhouse in defeat.
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What the truckers call wiggle room, regulators call cheating.
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Now contracts are about a third as long with more wiggle room.
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Although there is some wiggle room with that date, scientists have a pretty good sense of the drama that will unfold over the next few days.
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And by invoking national security concerns as the rationale for the action, the president was setting a precedent that could give other countries more wiggle room to use security as a reason for imposing tariffs on American goods.
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Wording in the Cincinnati ordinance passed Wednesday, providing financial support for stadium infrastructure, gives the team some wiggle room.
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First Known Use of wiggle room
1965
WIGGLE ROOM Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of wiggle room for English Language Learners
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: the ability to make small changes in a plan, schedule, etc., if they are needed
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