trade-off
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At the highest dose, that’s more weight loss than the Zepbound drug that Lilly also makes, with just a modest trade-off in tolerability.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
"I have to allow extra time for my journeys today but that's a reasonable trade-off in my opinion," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 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
The National Institutes of Health notes that “evolutionary theories of aging predict a trade-off between fertility and lifespan, where increased lifespan comes at the cost of reduced fertility.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Also, Dad has accepted that I swear, and I think I’ve convinced him that it’s a fair trade-off.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
Vocabulary lists containing trade-off
Economics
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