Thesaurus results for TRADE-OFFS

trade-offs

noun

plural of trade-off

as in exchanges

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-offs The honest trade-offs None of this comes free, and buyers should walk in clear-eyed. — Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 While that offers benefits, Kavanagh and Danielson warned there are also trade-offs. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 And what is happening is that the design of our technology—the design of these apps of smartphones, or honestly the design of society in general right now—is pushing you to accept a certain set of costs and trade-offs. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 By building three different-sized robots based on the same base model, the team was able to observe some of the trade-offs that occur when a real fish grows larger, something that naturally occurs over many generations. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026 These developments, usually considered in isolation, illustrate that voters and politicians alike want things that are fundamentally incompatible but refuse to acknowledge the trade-offs. — Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026 Governing requires trade-offs, and honest leaders should explain them instead of pretending that borrowing offers a painless alternative. — Carolyn Bourdeaux, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 Goals must be defined, trade-offs evaluated and success measured appropriately. — Alex Shahidi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Those higher fuel prices, Walmart says, are prompting consumers to make trade-offs. — Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026

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exchanges

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In earlier testimony at the Oakland trial, Francesco Fogu, Instagram’s director of product design, had contentious exchanges with the plaintiffs’ lawyer over internal chats and documents shown to the jury.

— Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
In his WhatsApp exchanges, Molina appeared eager to help Romo kill members of their gang.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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