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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There's typically more wiggle room when an item is at the tiptop of its possible market value.
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Heather Bien, Southern Living, 27 June 2024
In other words, whoever gets a majority in the French parliament, there won’t be much wiggle room.
—Simon Constable, Fox News, 16 June 2024
The Ravens made budget trims to duck under the salary cap when the league year opened Wednesday, but some of their moves — the Moses trade, especially — were designed to give DeCosta wiggle room going forward.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2024
Abramović was to have only five minutes onstage in total, which turned into around 10 when Glasto mainstay PJ Harvey, whose performance was to follow Abramovic’s intervention, gave up a song in her set to extend Abramovic’s time on the pyramid, giving her some wiggle room to set up.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 28 June 2024
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Heather Bien, Southern Living, 27 June 2024
In other words, whoever gets a majority in the French parliament, there won’t be much wiggle room.
—Simon Constable, Fox News, 16 June 2024
The Ravens made budget trims to duck under the salary cap when the league year opened Wednesday, but some of their moves — the Moses trade, especially — were designed to give DeCosta wiggle room going forward.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2024
Abramović was to have only five minutes onstage in total, which turned into around 10 when Glasto mainstay PJ Harvey, whose performance was to follow Abramovic’s intervention, gave up a song in her set to extend Abramovic’s time on the pyramid, giving her some wiggle room to set up.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 28 June 2024
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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiggle%20room. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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