trade-off
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Investors were not happy with that trade-off, and the stock declined 10% the next day.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
"What this incident brings into focus is the fact that there is a trade-off."
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
During a break, Sims said he thought some work Sargent had done looking at the trade-off between lower unemployment and higher inflation, known as the Phillips curve, had an error in it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 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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