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 There also needs to be always some wiggle room for the individual director to have a say. James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025 His home run gave Lorenzen and the bullpen wiggle room to absorb a late San Diego surge. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2025 Any extra space or wiggle room can and will strongly impact the comfort of your experience. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025 The elastic waistband ensures comfortable wiggle room around the waistline, and the button-up shirt can double as a versatile top layer to cover your shoulders or worn on its own. Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for wiggle room
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Noun
  • Other middle-of-the-order bats — from current NL batting leader Will Smith, to June player of the month candidate Max Muncy and rising second-year star Andy Pages — have helped pick up the slack.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • For the occasion, the Wolfs actor kept his look classic and wore a navy blue suit with matching slacks.
    Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Sean is going to show you one of the biggest companies in the space.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 7 July 2025
  • Collagen cream is a notably burgeoning—and buzzy—category in the skin-care space these days.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 July 2025

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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle%20room. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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