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These and other alternative data sources have their drawbacks—they often only cover a small share of the labor force and using them to estimate the state of the broader job market can be tricky.

What are the potential benefits and drawbacks to allowing a legal pathway for experimental treatments?

What are the potential benefits or drawbacks for consumers as more regional banks pursue a strategy of consolidation?

And he acknowledged that “the place has many great advantages, among the foremost, of course, being Climate, and but a single drawback, which, however, is an extremely serious one — that of water shortage.”

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One drawback she'd discovered was that her matches weren't always close by – she'd had dates travel from hours away to meet up.

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