wiggle room

as in slack
an allowable margin of freedom or variation the language of the contract is vague and leaves too much wiggle room

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Recent Examples of wiggle room The new wording also gives the council wiggle room in deciding the city manager's annual salary, contract term and amount of severance pay. Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025 The insole is made from cushy and supportive memory foam that molds to your foot, and the rounded toe box provides extra wiggle room. Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 For some teams, depending on their home venue, this is a big list with a lot of wiggle room. Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025 That wiggle room was Blitzer's domain. Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wiggle room
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Noun
  • Ready to add some color to your slacks selection?
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Loose layers can compress in a crash, leaving the harness too slack to protect the baby.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Flexible, adaptable, and capable of navigating spaces once unreachable, these robots are designed to move like living organisms, transforming how doctors perform surgeries or how engineers inspect machinery.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • With Newcastle an incredibly disciplined side, Trossard was caught on the ball in a dangerous position in front of his defenders at one point, but the aim seemed to be to have him in a free role that would create space for other players out wide.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle%20room. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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