trade-off
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"Exactly as the prime minister says, we need to spend more on defence and do it faster. The challenge for ministers is to make those difficult trade-off decisions," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
“This trade-off between fiscal consolidation and maintaining popularity is the biggest conundrum,” Oxford Economics’ Edward Allenby tells Barron’s.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Some were horrified; others suggested the trimming is a necessary trade-off.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
The unpleasant part of that trade-off is already happening here; most major U.S. airlines moved in April to increase baggage fees as the price of oil was beginning to exert itself on fares.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
He maintained sagely that there is always a trade-off involved in the adoption of any policy, and that if daylight saving time were instituted, curtains and other fabrics would fade more quickly.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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