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[wig-uhl] / ˈwɪg əl /




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Yet while such deals give Stellantis some wiggle room for now, it could still result in creating more competition for the automaker in a tightening global car market.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

But on the weeks when I have a little more energy — a little more calendar wiggle room, a little more curiosity — I try to widen my grocery orbit.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The nation’s four major oil-export facilities in Texas and Louisiana have a little wiggle room each month to fill up more tankers—but not much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The reasoning: Rising gross margins often show a company has pricing power with its customers, but it also gives a company wiggle room to boost its operating margin as long as other costs don’t balloon.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Statistical mechanics tells you how the molecules of matter wiggle; the wave theory of light implied that these molecular wiggles somehow cause ripples of radiation—light waves.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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