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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Baseball’s slot values offer some wiggle room, unlike rookie contracts in the NFL and NBA, where first-round picks are tied to those leagues’ salary caps and are largely set in stone.
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
That would still leave them with plenty of cap wiggle room to add a bigger difference maker to play with Matthews at some point and still inject a few more goals and playmaking on the third or fourth line.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Even though the charter has, for decades, been interpreted to allow two-term council members turned two-term mayors, the language leaves some wiggle room for legal battle, Chandler deputy city attorney Tawn Kao said at the May 22 meeting.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 7 July 2025
So there’s some wiggle room for upsets in the SEC vs. Big Ten play-in.
—Matt Hayes, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
That would still leave them with plenty of cap wiggle room to add a bigger difference maker to play with Matthews at some point and still inject a few more goals and playmaking on the third or fourth line.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Even though the charter has, for decades, been interpreted to allow two-term council members turned two-term mayors, the language leaves some wiggle room for legal battle, Chandler deputy city attorney Tawn Kao said at the May 22 meeting.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 7 July 2025
So there’s some wiggle room for upsets in the SEC vs. Big Ten play-in.
—Matt Hayes, The Tennessean, 2 July 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 29 Jul. 2025.
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