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Recent Examples of wiggle room
For Brantner, there’s absolutely no wiggle room now.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
With more wiggle room, these countries can drop the price at the pump more significantly when oil prices spike—and still hold on to some revenue.
—Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
The administration appears to leave some wiggle room on the Lebanon question.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
Tally it up, and the Spurs have about $45 million in wiggle room below next year’s tax line and nearly double that amount a year later.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 21 May 2026
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
With more wiggle room, these countries can drop the price at the pump more significantly when oil prices spike—and still hold on to some revenue.
—Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
The administration appears to leave some wiggle room on the Lebanon question.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
Tally it up, and the Spurs have about $45 million in wiggle room below next year’s tax line and nearly double that amount a year later.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 21 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiggle room
Noun
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Shop more sophisticated slacks inspired by Jennifer Aniston below.—
Emma Guillen,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
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But the Spurs were outscored despite a 2-of-7 shooting start by New York's Jalen Brunson, with OG Anunoby and Josh Hart picking up the offensive slack.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
Noun
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The ambiguity of Chinese, the way meaning pools in the spaces between words, resists translation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Other spaces honor former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel and others.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle%20room. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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