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tradeoff means giving up or sacrificing one thing to get another thing.
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«Cumulative burden provides us with a global view of
tradeoffs between different treatment late effects that must be considered when designing new interventions,» Bhakta said.
I have started them all with «how a talented architect» addresses the complex mix of
tradeoffs of size, rules, cost, complexity, how much of this and how much of that goes into it.
Generally, points and lender credits let you make
tradeoffs in how you pay for your mortgage and closing costs.
It requires that policymakers
make tradeoffs between lowering rates and deciding which tax provisions to eliminate.
So we decided to flip the experience and walk users step by step through a deconstructed algorithm - that algorithm being the set of key
tradeoffs involved in the health insurance selection process.
By engineering the iPad from end to end, Apple could be more strategic
about tradeoffs between various design decisions in order to make sure it could deliver the optimal user experience.
Having an exciting goal that was top of mind helped me to view all of my purchases, even the small ones,
as tradeoffs.
The upholstery itself isn't the richest feeling, but it's a
good tradeoff for a family - minded conveyance, and the seats themselves are appropriately supportive.
Then again «Gods and Monsters» didn't make a hundred million dollars, so I guess there is some sort of
tradeoff here.
Here's a snippet from the nuclear portion of Horgan's piece, followed by some thoughts from me on energy arguments centered
on tradeoffs:
To begin with, I object to the basic premise, that a manager can select a risk -
return tradeoff for an investor based only on his expected retirement date.
Shifting assets from a low - risk portfolio to a DIA involves fewer
tradeoffs when the client would have otherwise invested in similar safe assets.
«The costs of the regulations to consumers and automakers are lower than other policy analyses imply,» Whitefoot says, «because they don't
consider tradeoffs between fuel economy and acceleration performance.
As usual, I have no opinion regarding short - term market action, but the offensive average return /
risk tradeoff in this Climate holds us to a well - hedged position for now.
The prospect of a substantial tax bill can be daunting, but paying taxes now may be a
worthwhile tradeoff for potential tax - free earnings growth and tax - free income in retirement.
Previous attempts to develop programming languages that could understand other languages have
faced tradeoffs between composability and expressiveness; they were either limited in their ability to unambiguously determine which embedded language was being used, or limited in which embedded languages could be used.
Once you know how much money you require to live, you can look
at tradeoffs in terms of your job search.
The economists did offer some caveats to their view, adding that risk -
reward tradeoffs don't necessarily look attractive, valuations remain high — particularly in U.S. high - yield credit — and there's a growing risk of an overheated labor market and recession down the road.
Volvo S90 customers should note the T6 does require premium fuel, but in the grand scheme, seems like a
fair tradeoff for such smooth power in every inch of its 6,500 rpm range.
«As we all know, blockchains currently don't scale for consumer payments and currently
require tradeoffs between decentralization and efficiency.
The
big tradeoff with HTC's design is its lack of water resistance.
Maintaining rice production while mitigating methane and nitrous oxide emissions from paddy fields in China: Evaluating
tradeoffs by using coupled agricultural systems models.
OLED displays traditionally come with
tradeoffs like lower brightness, poor color accuracy, and no wide color support, but Apple says has overcome those issues with a «breakthrough» display that features unparalleled quality, responsiveness, and efficiency with support for Dolby Vision, HDR10, wide color gamut, and advanced color management techniques for what Apple says is the best color accuracy «in the industry.»
Toyota's redesigned compact sedan delivers both — as long as you're OK with a
few tradeoffs in comfort.
Their job becomes figuring out
what tradeoffs make the most sense given the mix of students and adults in the building.
As always, our interest is on the average return / risk
tradeoff associated with the conditions we observe.
Some
other tradeoffs for the tablet form factor don't make quite as much sense, however.
He added that the administration must
weigh tradeoffs with other pressing demands like health care.
There is a performance / comfort
tradeoff which can be decided depending on the usage.
«In any kind of experimental design you have to make
tradeoffs because you have a certain amount of money and subjects.
Materials like DuPont ™ Surlyn ® help reduce the environmental footprint and cost of flexible packaging structures
without tradeoffs in packaging integrity or appeal.
The one thing I know for certain about the future of ebooks in libraries is that it's about
tradeoffs among deeply held values.
Given this array of interests, says Reed, it won't be easy to settle the
many tradeoffs involved in restoration.
It doesn't matter what your model says is the
right tradeoff if you are too big relative to the market.
There's a very
difficult tradeoff involved in the unfettered no - commitment no - real - relationship online world.
Not too long ago I wrote about «the entrepreneur's dilemma,» a clever formulation of the work - life
balance tradeoffs faced by busy professionals from entrepreneur Randi Zuckerberg.
Rooms are a bit outdated, but most consider it a
small tradeoff for the affordable prices.
The third chapter is the only one that really goes into depth on the economic issues; this, by Robert Lempert and Michael Schlesinger (of RAND and the University of Illinois respectively), discusses the basic
economic tradeoffs between the possible initial strategies «do a little», and aggressive emissions controls.
So either enforce the code, or when the next fire hits the headline better be «
Acceptable tradeoff of 20 lives in exchange for inexpensive housing happens last night».
Weissing co-authored an influential paper in 2007 on
how tradeoffs in life history, between «living speed» and longevity, can lead to the evolution of animal personalities.