Thesaurus results for WIGGLE ROOM

wiggle room

noun

Definition of 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 Build in wiggle room for unexpected costs and future inflation. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026 Crop prices are set months in advance — which doesn't leave much wiggle room when fuel prices rise. — Willa Rubin, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 Deep seats give it that sink-in-and-relax feel, and the oversized chaise gives you plenty of wiggle room during movie marathons or lazy weekends. — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 The publisher was apparently not too happy either, according to Wilson, though selling over a million copies of an ancient epic probably won her some wiggle room. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wiggle room

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Daryl Foreman was wearing a blue Walmart cap, a black shirt with Super Mario on the front, black slacks and blue tennis shoes.

— Briauna Brown, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Seated in chairs, the group’s attire suggests a corporate off-site — athleisure, slacks, summer dresses — but the electricity in the air signals something different is afoot.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

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Set against these dark parts of the educational system, Lee convincingly casts hagwons as third spaces that advance the hopes of an entire community.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Certainly, the ancient Greeks appreciated symmetry and precision in their architecture; it’s even been hypothesized that this symmetry was considered divine and thus represented religious dedication to the space.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

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