wiggle room
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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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The amount of wiggle room in your schedule may sway you to choose one type of pet over another. — Karen Asp, Good Housekeeping, "10 Questions to Ask Before Adopting a Pet, According to an Animal Adoption Manager," 19 Aug. 2019 Trump’s tariff order potentially offers the energy industry some wiggle room. — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, "The Energy 202: This is how pipeline companies will seek a pass on Trump tariffs," 12 Mar. 2018 With that little wiggle room, state agencies have invented all sorts of fees and costs to make access to those records too expensive for most people. — al, "Hey, Alabama, public data are public documents, too," 18 Aug. 2019 While each season brings unique challenges, increasing costs such as the 2019 bump in minimum wage leave local restaurant owners with less wiggle room than before. — Tirion Morris, azcentral, "Local restaurants struggle in the summer. Here's how they cope and what you can do to help," 4 Aug. 2019 The 2018 Farm Bill created some wiggle room for CBD products to enter into the legal market. — Amber Senter, Marie Claire, "We Have to Acknowledge That CBD Use Is a Privilege," 11 Apr. 2019 Its detailed zoning maps and rule changes leave little wiggle room for officials next year, when Minneapolis embarks on its first citywide rezoning since 1999. — Elliot Kaufman, WSJ, "Housing Deregulation in Progressive Clothes," 21 Dec. 2018 For eight innings, Kyle Gibson did not have even the tiniest bit of wiggle room to work with. — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, "Kyle Gibson throws gem as Twins beat Royals," 14 June 2019 Some of those other roles that have been played by many people have a lot less wiggle room. — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Star Jake Gyllenhaal Pulls Back the Curtain on Mysterio," 23 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wiggle room.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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