breathing room

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A little bit of breathing room is necessary for any creative entity to establish itself, and the same could be said with this age of “SNL.”

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Equities rose and the price of oil dropped sharply on the news, which gives the U.S. policy breathing room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

That’s a massive surge that gives the S&P 500 a great deal of breathing room from correction territory heading into the unofficial start of the first quarter earnings season on April 14.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Right now, leagues have breathing room to design oversight on their own terms.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

I was suddenly very hot inside the cheap synthetic sack, and I pressed my knees against the lining, trying to create a little breathing room.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx