How to Use trade-off in a Sentence

trade-off

noun

• The trade-off does come at a cost — or rather a lack of one.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2023
• The trade-off is that they're designed to last for a long time.
  — Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2023
• The speed of construction is a trade-off for the high cost.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2023
• For Martinez, the trade-off has been more than worth it.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023
• But for the price, these trade-offs are well worth it for such a gorgeous berry shade.
  — Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• That was the trade-off Ohtani sought in hopes of helping the Dodgers add more talent around him.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
• Cass: But is there some kind of trade-off being made here?
  — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2024
• One major trade-off for speed has to do with how much stuff is on board.
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2023
• That’s quite a trade-off — and great fodder for stories.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024
• That's a trade-off that pitchers have grappled with early in the spring.
  — Alanis Thames, ajc, 2 Mar. 2023
• The trade-off is that many offer a narrow window on the world, maybe an inch high.
  — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• The very best high-yield savings rates often come with trade-offs.
  — Martha C. White, wsj.com, 2 Oct. 2023
• But their usage also points to a grim trade-off in the 18-month conflict.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• The trade-offs for the C125 MF's low price are slower print speed and steeper toner costs.
  — David English, PCMAG, 4 July 2024
• The idea — pushed by some real estate agents — was supposed to be a trade-off.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
• The trade-off for the weather is that animals are easier to spot thanks to the snow.
  — Megan Dubois, Chron, 19 Mar. 2023
• It would be based on a trade-off between things each side clearly wants.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
• Free Wix comes with trade-offs, such as ads and limited tools.
  — PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
• The trade-offs wouldn’t be so stark if people were willing to change their lifestyles.
  — F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2024
• Boers didn’t like the trade-off, because an assumption can of course be wrong.
  — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
• The only trade-off is a slightly firmer, more fidgety ride.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023
• But the trade-off is worth it, with spectacular views the whole way up and down its switchbacks.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 July 2024
• But the trade-off for being able to fire up a one- or two-pound wireless speaker each night would’ve been well worth it.
  — Will Palmer, Outside Online, 28 June 2024
• For some, access to the world’s listeners is a worthwhile trade-off.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
• At the heart of the trade-off are Indonesia’s unrivaled stocks of nickel.
  — Peter S. Goodman Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• At the beginning, the show was an experiment, and the tight budget was seen as a trade-off.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
• Are the risks and trade-offs worth it for the average (not morbidly obese) person?
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
• The trade-off is wider exposure that can help boost other sources of revenue.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• The Sixers were willing to make that trade-off with the playoffs in mind, as top-end talent typically wins out there.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
• There’s always been a trade-off with the platform’s ability to narrow the distance between activists and people in positions of power.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024