trade-off
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"I think what's sad and tragic is over time, the trade-off of revenue and user experience became a more core part of the conversation."
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026
It’s a trade-off: Keep working to earn extra money and continue paying into the Social Security system, or stop working and survive on just your Social Security benefits and any other income.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
He rejected the notion that the trade-off was driven by overheating demand.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
Mainstream monetary economists for generations have operated on a theory—encapsulated by the Phillips Curve and its many iterations—that there exists a trade-off between full employment and price stability.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
Moreover, if this trade-off is not acknowledged, there is a tendency to deny or cover up the inevitable defective items, which makes the job of quality control that much more difficult.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing trade-off
Economics
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