trade-off
Example Sentences
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“The trade-off is that while you get the recognition, you also have to put up with the periods of rejection,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Committee chair Dame Meg Hillier said it reflected modern banking's trade-off in enabling convenience but also "unpredictable errors".
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
But there is a trade-off between the amount of money at issue here and the time and grief trying to get reimbursed could cause you.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent weighs pushing the tricky trade-off along with other economic goals prior to the Trump-Xi summit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
