drawback

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Recent Examples of drawback Another drawback to resale is the risk of purchasing a fake. Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 17 June 2025 Yet… The biggest drawback with Lin’s film is in its attempts to find a visual language for Joe’s psychotic episodes, which tend to be literal in the extreme and break up the steady pace of the drama. Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 June 2025 While the drawbacks of legacy software are well documented, there are some valid reasons some organizations choose to keep it—at least for now. Eric Giesecke, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 Apple this week provided a glimpse into a feature that solves one of the biggest drawbacks of passkeys, the industry-wide standard for website and app authentication that isn't susceptible to credential phishing and other attacks targeting passwords. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for drawback
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Noun
  • Beadle is at a distinct disadvantage in aspiring to one spot where Brighton have an abundance of depth.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • The state’s labor costs also put California’s growers at a disadvantage.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • In 1936, famed Olympic runner Jesse Owens raced a horse in a 100-yard dash and won thanks in part to a 40-yard handicap).
    Emily Barone, Time, 19 July 2017
  • LNK classes have done everything from installing handicap doors at Redwood to creating a Healthy Newborn site for Transitions that serves mothers going through addiction recovery.
    Brent Cooper, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2017

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