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Recent Examples of wiggle room
Even with all the uncertainty, Wall Street isn’t giving the companies’ estimates much wiggle room.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia is one that gave the administration some wiggle room in how to move forward, but lawyers for Abrego Garcia and others have accused the Trump administration of flouting the directive to seek his return.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
Tour schedules can shift, and artists typically have more wiggle room to adjust than live sports do, especially when national broadcasts and ticket demands are involved.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025
Anything to provide the other seven with a little wiggle room to pace themselves.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia is one that gave the administration some wiggle room in how to move forward, but lawyers for Abrego Garcia and others have accused the Trump administration of flouting the directive to seek his return.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
Tour schedules can shift, and artists typically have more wiggle room to adjust than live sports do, especially when national broadcasts and ticket demands are involved.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025
Anything to provide the other seven with a little wiggle room to pace themselves.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiggle room
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Israel’s campaign in Gaza The influential pan-Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera aired on a loop what appeared to be mobile phone footage of the gunman, wearing a suit jacket and slacks, being pulled away after the shooting, his hands behind his back.—
Maya Sweedler,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Israel’s campaign in Gaza The influential pan-Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera aired on a loop what appeared to be mobile phone footage of the alleged gunman, wearing a suit jacket and slacks, being pulled away after the shooting, his hands behind his back.—
Maya Sweedler,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Deloitte effectively signaled its entry into the intercollegiate athletics space last July by co-sponsoring the annual convention of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
1 June 2025
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But expect to see this kind of thing happen more and more in the leak space and become more and more convincing as a result.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle%20room. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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