room for maneuver

noun phrase

: opportunity to make changes or to do things differently in order to produce a better result
The strict requirements left us very little room for maneuver.

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This marks growing dependence on the IMF and the United States, while the gradualist approach has left the economy with very little room for maneuver and risks further instability. — Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 Advertisement That dynamic narrowed Iran’s room for maneuver over Hormuz, and external factors compounded the problem. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 22 Apr. 2026 Part of the challenge for vessels and any potential ship-escorting operations is that the room for maneuver is highly constricted. — Annette Choi, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026 Last year’s Fortune 500 Europe list featured 36 new companies, showing there is still room for maneuver—and growth—even at the highest levels of business. — Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for room for maneuver

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“Room for maneuver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/room%20for%20maneuver. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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