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headroom

[hed-room, -room] / ˈhɛdˌrum, -ˌrʊm /




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Earlier, she had said that she wished to give the Sparks salary headroom to build a team around her.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

We've got to work smarter with high conviction and energy every single day to capture that headroom.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“We think our FY26 forecast of 2.7x is on the high side of investor comfort levels and provides limited headroom for M&A.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Verizon’s dividend yield of 5.54% is the highest on the list, with a FCF yield estimate implying headroom of 4.31%.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 7, 2026

Our house sat on concrete stilts that allowed enough headroom underneath for us to stake out play areas with clearly defined boundaries.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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