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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So there’s some wiggle room for upsets in the SEC vs. Big Ten play-in.
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Matt Hayes, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Fortunately, when a team gets to 21 games over .500, there's at least some wiggle room during the bad stretch(es).
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The new scholarship limit for baseball programs is now 34, leaving a ton of wiggle room.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
The Suns could look to salary-dump Allen ($16.9 million) or O'Neale ($10.1 million) to give themselves more wiggle room under the second apron, although the Brooklyn Nets are the only team with enough cap space to take the former without sending any salary back.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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Matt Hayes, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Fortunately, when a team gets to 21 games over .500, there's at least some wiggle room during the bad stretch(es).
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The new scholarship limit for baseball programs is now 34, leaving a ton of wiggle room.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
The Suns could look to salary-dump Allen ($16.9 million) or O'Neale ($10.1 million) to give themselves more wiggle room under the second apron, although the Brooklyn Nets are the only team with enough cap space to take the former without sending any salary back.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiggle%20room. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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