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
Anyone who prefers unfiltered photos, transparent trade-offs, and surgeon involvement over highlight reels.
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Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
But there are trade-offs here, too.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
There are definitely trade-offs for doing so, including seeing costs rise as Bartesian grows and health care prices surge.
—Maria Aspan, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
Understanding the real trade-offs.
—FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The trade-offs will be on a different scale.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
But all technologies make trade-offs, sacrificing coherence, controllability or scalability to improve something else.
—Eli Levenson-Falk, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
On the broader question of how model makers should approach deployment, Kass argued that the trade-offs of releasing powerful technology early are worth it.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The design carries trade-offs that matter for mass production.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
But there are trade-offs here, too.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
There are definitely trade-offs for doing so, including seeing costs rise as Bartesian grows and health care prices surge.
—Maria Aspan, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
Understanding the real trade-offs.
—FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The trade-offs will be on a different scale.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
But all technologies make trade-offs, sacrificing coherence, controllability or scalability to improve something else.
—Eli Levenson-Falk, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
On the broader question of how model makers should approach deployment, Kass argued that the trade-offs of releasing powerful technology early are worth it.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The design carries trade-offs that matter for mass production.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trade-offs
exchanges
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The Associated Press also reviewed — and authenticated — text exchanges between Lopez and the pilot.—
Joshua Goodman,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Kalshi maintains it is protected by federal law, which entrusts the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with exclusive jurisdiction over commodities and futures exchanges.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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