as in exchange
a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another
a trade-off in which a company got a celebrity spokesperson and a fading star got some much-needed cash
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Recent Examples of trade-off
Still, his creativity remains a rare asset, and most consider the mistakes a worthy trade-off.
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Thom Harris, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Algorithm designers have long studied these space-time trade-offs for specific tasks like sorting.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 21 May 2025
Newsom acknowledged the trade-off during his budget presentation last week.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
Just note, there can be some gnarly side effects here, like tingling, irritation, metallic taste, and, more rarely, changes in heart rate, Dr. Blake notes, which are all trade-offs to consider.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 21 May 2025
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Thom Harris, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Algorithm designers have long studied these space-time trade-offs for specific tasks like sorting.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 21 May 2025
Newsom acknowledged the trade-off during his budget presentation last week.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
Just note, there can be some gnarly side effects here, like tingling, irritation, metallic taste, and, more rarely, changes in heart rate, Dr. Blake notes, which are all trade-offs to consider.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for trade-off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trade-off
exchange
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On Thursday, Lurie announced on social media that cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is opening an office in San Francisco after leaving the city four years ago.—
Wendy Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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The very principle of financialization rules even the most mundane exchange of objects in the same manner that the most banal exchange of economic investment and speculation regulates the sign of spiritual autonomy and utopian aspirations that abstraction had initially promised.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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