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"a downside of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to introduce a negative effect or consequence associated with something. For example, "A downside of working in a busy office is the constant noise from phones and people talking."
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There is a downside, of course.
This was definitely a downside of public transportation.
Broadly speaking, this highlights a downside of arbitration, Mr. Stoltmann said.
Mr. Yu also had a personal brush with a downside of abundant liberty.
A downside of this situation is the loss of a profit incentive.
A downside of self-regulation is that companies that don't want to provide consumer protections can avoid doing so.
In other words, the nation's biggest law firms are learning a tough lesson about a downside of the new economy.
As a downside of this nervous condition, the octopus has a poor concept of its overall position in space.
Indeed: it boggles the mind that they believe that a downside of expansionary policy now is that it will require contractionary policy once the economy has recovered.
Schwartz says that a downside of making trade-offs is that it changes how we feel about the everyday decisions we face.
A downside of the Massachusetts legislation is that the good feelings it will create will obscure continuing deterioration of medical care.
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Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
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