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The phrase "a certain trade off" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where one must give up something in order to gain something else, often in the context of decision-making or balancing competing factors.
Example: "In this project, there is a certain trade off between quality and speed; we need to decide which is more important."
Alternatives: "a specific compromise" or "a particular balance".
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It's about the acceptance of a certain trade-off.
Dealing with Putin always involved a certain trade-off for America: accepting a degree of Putin authoritarianism in return for cooperation on global issues that mattered to us, as long as Putin "sort of" kept Russia moving toward a more open, consensual society.
There is a certain trade-off between reducing the simulation CPU time and calculating the optimal solution.
More specifically, when a multi-objective approach is involved in the designing process, a certain trade-off between conflicting criteria needs to be fulfilled.
Of course, this means a certain trade-off in privacy, but as someone who has experienced recurrent episodes of major depressive disorder since I was in my early teens, including ones that have impacted my ability to work or keep up with relationships, it's one that I would seriously consider making.
But the analysis of biopsy-derived DNA also involved a certain trade-off.
Waterpipe smokers who participated in this study indicated their willingness to make certain trade-offs when choosing a waterpipe smoking session.
This decision creates certain trade-offs, since the need-to-share provides access to a wider number of officials and, ultimately, increases the chances for leaks.
Therefore, certain trade-off exists between these objectives.
However, certain trade-offs must be done when dealing with low-level image processing not to compromise efficiency.
The metric also facilitates certain trade-offs such as achieving optimal capacity using all nodes or better execution time using a partial set of nodes (expected winners).
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