wiggle room
noun
Examples of wiggle room in a Sentence
The salesman has some wiggle room to reduce the price of the car.
the language of the contract is vague and leaves too much wiggle room
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With Sacramento having little wiggle room for improvement at this juncture, McNair and ownership decided to end things amicably.
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Mikai Bruce, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Instead, open a dialogue with your supervisor to see if there is any wiggle room for a four-day week — if not every week, maybe sometimes.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court gave the administration some wiggle room to respond to lower district courts that ordered the return of Garcia.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Missing on another at the top of a draft would leave little wiggle room.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
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Mikai Bruce, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Instead, open a dialogue with your supervisor to see if there is any wiggle room for a four-day week — if not every week, maybe sometimes.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court gave the administration some wiggle room to respond to lower district courts that ordered the return of Garcia.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Missing on another at the top of a draft would leave little wiggle room.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wiggle room
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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiggle%20room. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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