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wiggle

noun as in movement back and forth

verb as in shake back and forth

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That’s just enough wiggle room for sound engineers, who can try tricks of the trade to make commercials feel punchier and be perceived as louder while staying within the rules, Liaukonyte said.

“He has the ability to rush the passer,” Smith said, adding, “The guy’s got some wiggle.”

“Some people don’t want to have to get a long-term place,” she says, and signing a lease doesn’t allow any wiggle room for exigent circumstances.

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“Frankly, there isn’t wiggle room in our ambition. Cap-and-trade is the most cost-effective climate policy that California has.”

The maneuver essentially deferred a case, but didn’t completely dismiss it, giving both the court and the immigrant wiggle room.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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