leeway

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Nonprofit legal organizations have more leeway to pursue penalties for other allegations employees experienced, even if the individual worker named in the lawsuit did not personally experience all of them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"There's plenty of leeway to bend the rules strategically, to flout the rules for a while and get marketing clout," he adds.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Taken together, the California and Texas decisions show that the justices are inclined to grant broad leeway to state legislatures engaged in unusual and strategic mid-decade redistricting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

“We brought in guest speakers to talk about it with a little more leeway about what’s happening right now in our climate, beyond just the basics of our data.”

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

That was all there was to it, but it left you precious little leeway.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl