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 And there’s usually some wiggle room, a premium being paid to reap future opportunities or a discount to assume some risk. Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025 Some analysts acknowledged that the U.S. government’s methodology could give it more wiggle room to reach an agreement. Neelabh Chaturvedi, Asriel Chua, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025 Kansas City’s defense gave its offense lots of wiggle room. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025 With Sacramento having little wiggle room for improvement at this juncture, McNair and ownership decided to end things amicably. Mikai Bruce, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wiggle room
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Noun
  • For now, congressional Republicans are keeping their distance from potential road-use charges, or mileage fees, to pick up the slack for declining gas-tax revenue.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
  • Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. did everything within their power to pick up the slack.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Sagittarius Shuhua Xiong Full Moon in Scorpio on May 12: Clear space for spiritual honesty.
    Colin Bedell, Them., 8 May 2025
  • This means that while the cabinet box does most of the work to support and contain its contents, the cabinet doors add to the look of the entire space.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2025

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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle%20room. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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