trade-off
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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
Precision–recall analysis examines a similar trade-off, asking how accurate the system’s alerts are relative to the number of incidents it successfully detects.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Countries, especially developing ones, “face this tough trade-off between providing relief today and sustaining growth tomorrow.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
In other words, the trade-off isn’t just about shareholder returns versus corporate spending.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 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
Vocabulary lists containing trade-off
Economics
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Microeconomics
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