wiggle

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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

This may be an indication that dealers are leaving wiggle room to tack on undisclosed add-on charges.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

And I want to remind people to wiggle your toes.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Brannan, a Democrat who chaired the council’s finance committee, added Mamdani can look for wiggle room for his proposals in the city’s $116 billion budget.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

The little paragraphs between the pictures ended before the letters had a chance to get cocky and wiggle about.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath