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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
Noun
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Biggs said Valparaiso didn’t cut the county any slack in requiring it to pay a $39,000 building permit fee for the ongoing renovations to the Porter County Jail which is within city limits.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Besides the direct impact on competitive advantage, this disengagement often means the employees who haven’t checked out (yet) must pick up the slack.—
Shannon Gabriel,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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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 9 Jun. 2025.
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